Discussions about the benefits and harms of Cannabis, the infamous marijuana, are no longer new. Countries such as the United States have already allowed the manipulation of drugs based on the compound
Anyway, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) now is facilitating the import of products derived from the herb, mainly because the number of orders increased a lot during the pandemic:
As of mid-September 2021, there had already been 22,028 requests for imports of cannabis-derived products by patients for therapeutic purposes.
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It is worth noting that the Anvisa had already authorized the sale of marijuana-based medicines
The expiration date of the medical prescription has also been changed, now going to six months. However, the standard provides that the product’s prescription will have an indefinite validity until the publication of a normative document by the Ministry of Health that recognizes that the situation of Public Health Emergency of National Importance is no longer configured.
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