Marilene Oliveira

Marilene Oliveira is the founder of the Associação Brasileira de Acesso à Cannabis Medicinal do Rio de Janeiro (AbraRio), established in 2020. Her advocacy for medicinal cannabis was deeply personal, driven by her son Lucas's need for cannabis oil to manage his symptoms from Rasmussen syndrome. Under her leadership, AbraRio has served around 3,000 patients, and she has been a pivotal figure in the legal battle for the right to cultivate cannabis for medicinal purposes in Brazil.