Uso medicinal da cannabis no Brasil: regulamentação jurídica e a atuação do farmacêutico em medicamentos à base de cannabis

Abstract

With the purpose of addressing the topic in terms of advances in Brazilian legislation in relation to the medicinal use of Cannabis and the legal form of action of pharmaceutical professionals in this context, the present work presents as its object of study the historical legislative demonstration and the gradual breakdown of barriers that prevented the medicinal use of cannabis, just as the pharmacist has adapted professionally in the face of research and discoveries over the years to the present day. Although, for many years, the discussion on screen has had timid movements in the Brazilian scenario, some legislative projects have been processed and others have been updated, guaranteeing important advances. These came through the role played by the judiciary, which ensured them and set precedents determining the import of the product. Even so, access to the use of medicinal Cannabis by the population still presents some difficulties. From the study on the topic, there is evidence that the legislation should be further improved and revised, adapting to the desires of patients who need treatments, and that the pharmacist should take ownership of his fundamental role in dispensing and guiding medications based on Cannabis.