The 2018 Brazilian Presidential election of Jair Bolsonaro marked the ascension of the far-right into the halls of power, a movement that was already sprouting for years in the South American nation. As a result, human rights, culture, science, and other areas have been limited, including medical cannabis, a line of medicine that is already plagued by high costs in a country struggling with economic and political turmoil and the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Comments given to journalist Gabriel Leão for Cannabis Health, published on 06/04/2021.