“…The discussion on the use of marijuana for mental health benefits includes relevant contributions, such as those of Malcher-Lopes and Ribeiro (2007), "Marijuana, brain and health", and of studies organized in the collection "Cannabis and Mental Health: a review on the drug of abuse and the drug" (ZUARDI, CRIPPA, GUIMARÃES, 2008). In this collection, we highlight Part IV, dedicated to Cannabis and Psychopathology (includes texts on anxiety, psychosis, mood, post-traumatic stress), and Part V, in which cannabis is made explicit as a drug of abuse, which differs from hedonistic use, to be considered in the next item.…”