The minister, from the (Supreme Federal Court), says that he has already purchased cannabis-based products in Portugal to alleviate pain and states that he would like the same model in the European country to apply here.
“I have already bought cannabis to alleviate pain, in a store in Portugal. In Europe, it is very common for stores to sell these products, including creams, as if it were a balm. I got a good impression.”, says the minister, in an interview with the Hoje Pod podcast, by journalist Anita Krepp, specialized in topics related to marijuana.
In the interview, Gilmar also said that he believes that Brazil is moving towards completely decriminalizing drugs, but that at the moment there are not yet the conditions for this.
Last year, in a judgment considered historic, the STF defined parameters to differentiate the possession of marijuana for personal use from the quantity considered trafficking.
“I think we are close to discussing the general decriminalization of drugs. We already have, including within the UN, some criteria on this. The important thing is that we know that this decision [sobre maconha] It was an important step, but it’s just a step”, said the minister.
He also criticized the fact that prisons are full of people prosecuted for being caught with small amounts of drugs. It was this, says the minister, that motivated the STF’s decision on marijuana.
“We saw all that reality — a large number of pre-trial detainees, including for drugs, without trial, and a worrying picture of no adequate solution to the problem,” he stated.
According to him, it is necessary to change the paradigm of how to deal with drug consumption. “We are trying to redefine an appropriate policy, marking a break with that message of a total war on drugs.”
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