Liga Acadêmica de Ciências Cannabicas: uma iniciativa para discussão da Cannabis Medicinal

Vitória Macario de Simas Gonçalves; Filipe Eloi Alves; Fabrícia Lima Fontes-Dantas; Guilherme Carneiro Montes

doi:10.36489/saudecoletiva.2023v13i88p13357-13372

Authors

Vitória Macario de Simas Gonçalves Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Filipe Eloi Alves Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Fabrícia Lima Fontes-Dantas Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Guilherme Carneiro Montes Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2023v13i88p13357-13372

Keywords:

Medical Cannabis, Scientific dissemination, social media, University extension

Abstract

After the discovery of the endocannabinoid system at the end of the 20th century, the doors were opened for studies on Cannabis in the form of medicinal treatment. Since then, numerous clinical trials have shown that cannabis is effective in treating some medical conditions and there is growing public and political pressure to enact laws that allow its use for medicinal purposes. To promote the dissemination of true and accessible scientific information to society, the State University of Rio de Janeiro organized a university extension project entitled League of Cannabis Sciences (LACICAN). This article aims to report the actions of the university extension project focused on the discussion of Medicinal Cannabis. Different informative materials, with accessible language, were produced and disseminated via social media from April 2022 to July 2023. In addition, LACICAN organized its first cycle of debates on Medicinal Cannabis in 2022 remotely, with renowned speakers in the area. At the end of the event, participants answered an online questionnaire to understand the theoretical knowledge acquired. On our main social media, Instagram®, which already has 32 publications since its creation, with 1699 likes and 254 comments in total. During the cycle of debates, we were able to gather more than 130 subscribers from the Southeast (64%), Northeast (31%) and South (5%) regions of Brazil. Interestingly, 100% of the participants reported that they would recommend the debate cycle to someone in a future edition. In this way, the project seeks to maintain the debate between the university and the community about Medicinal Cannabis, its consumption for medicinal purposes, legislation, and scientific research on the subject that is in progress in Brazil.

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