Cannabis prescriptions move R$ 77 billion in a year
A sharp rise in medical prescriptions of cannabis shows strong expansion in the Brazilian market in just one year.
Since 2018, sales of cannabis-based products have risen 342.3%. Between 2021 and 2022, more than R$ 77 billion moved through the market. The figures come from a survey by the Portal Cannabis & Saúde, released by Agência Brasil.
Last year, prescriptions rose 487.8%. The number of doctors who recommended buying at pharmacies also rose, from 6,300 (2021) to 15,500 (2022).
The medical specialty that prescribed the most was neurology (33%), followed by psychiatry (26%), geriatrics (8%), general practice (5%) and orthopedics (3%).
Read the full story on the Agência Brasil site (in Portuguese).
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