THE RESTRICTION OF THE MEDICINAL USE OF CANNABIS SATIVA IN THE FACE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF AUTONOMY OF THE WILL

The present work approaches the restriction of the medicinal use of Cannabis sativa in Brazil while opposing it to the theoretical and legal aspects of the principle of autonomy of the will in the perspective of Bioethics. Using an exploratory methodology that has a qualitative nature and bibliographical research, a review of the academic literatures and of the data provided by state organs and by the media is done, researching the way that the brazilian's legislation deals with the subject and what would be the possible therapeutic benefits that the plant-derived medicinal products could bring to treat certain diseases. Next, the national and international perspectives on the medicinal use of Cannabis are approached in order to infer, under the light of the principle of autonomy of the will, the impacts generated by the obstruction of the treatments based on the therapeutic properties of marijuana.