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Demonstrators hold a banner that reads in Portuguese, "Legalize now," during a march demanding the legalization of marijuana in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 16, 2024.

Video. Activists in Sao Paulo march in support of the legalisation of marijua

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The protest comes after the Brazilian Congress approved the Constitutional reform of drugs, which seeks to punish for possession of illegal drugs or substances regardless of the quantity and substance.

Thousands of activists marched in Sao Paulo on Sunday in support of the legalisation of marijuana in Brazil, denouncing what they described as violence and abuse of power by security forces.

With placards, plants, banners, and cigarettes, the protest march took place under the slogan “Rolling a future without war.”

It also comes after the Brazilian Congress on Wednesday, June 12 approved the Constitutional reform of the drugs, that seeks to punish for possession of drugs regardless of the quantity and substance.

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