A legalização da maconha no Brasil e o potencial aumento de consumo da cannabis sativa entre jovens e menores de idade: um estudo comparado com a realidade Uruguaia

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the legalization of marijuana (Cannabis sativa) in Brazil through drug regulation in Uruguay. In this sense, it will contextualize the consumption of marijuana over time and its arrival in Brazil, and the implications of this, such as the change in the form of consumption and the national legislation. The influences on Brazilian law from the International Drug Conventions and the situation of Uruguay when innovating in legislation in 2013 with the approval of the new law that regulates the recreational consumption of Cannabis sativa will also be addressed. Thus, the verification of marijuana use in Uruguay by young people up to 25 years of age and minors to investigate whether there has been an increase in consumption since marijuana regulation in the country. On that path, explore what happens to the use of Cannabis sativa when initiated by minors. Later, to explore the Brazilian data on marijuana use among minors and young people up to 25 years. Finally, through the data examined, the increase in consumption when legalizing a drug, in this attempt to marijuana, by reducing the perception of risk, together with the influence that there is in Criminal Law to encourage or not conduct.