O direito ao uso de medicamentos à base de cannabis e sua compatibilização com o direito à saúde

Abstract

The present work has the objective of studying the right to use cannabis-based medicines and its relationship with postulates of the Magna Carta of 88, more precisely, the principles of health and dignity of the human person. Currently, much of the world has a prejudiced view of marijuana. This position is the result of public policies against drugs that began in 1920. This prohibitionism, in Brazil, although justified as crime control, was originated exclusively with the aim of eradicating African cultural practices of countless blacks who, in the post-abolition period , remained in the country. However, science shows that the plant urges effective effects in the treatment of numerous brain diseases, being the main raw material that may come to treat certain patients. With this, one can see the such importance that the use of cannabis-based medicine represents society as a whole, being the State's obligation to implement mechanisms that facilitate society's access to such a product. Finally, it is concluded that the right to facilitated access to the use of medicinal cannabis is not only compatible with the right to health and human dignity, but also comes from them. For that, the research adopted the bibliographic methodology, of inductive character.