In January João Taborda da Gama spoke about "Regulation and Ethical Dilemmas in the Application of Entheogens" at the HEAL Forum at the University of Beira Interior in Covilhã...

Law 9/2023 ("Law 9/2023") was published on 3 March and it introduces the following amendments to Decree-Law 15/93 of 22 January 1993.

Foi publicado em Diário da República, no passado dia 18 de julho 2018, a Lei n.º 33/2018, que vem regular a utilização de medicamentos, preparações e substâncias à base da planta da canábis ...

On 8 September, Law 55/2023 of 8 September was published to amend Decree-Law 15/93, which approves the legal framework on the trafficking and use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances ("Anti-Drug Law").

Three years have passed since the approval of the Portuguese medical cannabis law. In this period, many changes have taken place in this area, but the main one has probably been the fact that Portugal has started to build a medical cannabis market.

On 2 March 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") sets out criteria for interpreting the definition of "food for special medical purposes" and for distinguishing...

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) is completing a year since the most comprehensive health measures to combat the virus began.

João Taborda da Gama continues to shape international discourse on psychedelic regulation, speaking at major European forums on the legal, ethical, and philosophical tensions surrounding controlled substances. His recent presentations in Ukraine and Portugal examine who holds authority over consciousness-altering therapies, whether existing frameworks reflect coherent principles or accumulated habit, and what risks and possibilities fall outside medicalization's reach.

This subject, although not subordinated to legal stipulation, was contemplated in self-regulatory codes.

Ana Menéres, Partner in charge of the Life Sciences & Healthcare Department at SRS Legal, writes - together with Margarida Brito da Cruz - the chapter on Portugal in this Lexxion publication.