Marijuana was brought to Brazil by its African slaves, and with the eugenic positivist intellectual and political status quo of the Western civilization in the early 20th century, its use was deemed as a signal of decadence by its stigmatized use as a recreational drug of the poor, the rural people and the Afro-Brazilian.
Marijuana arrived in Brazil with its African slaves. In the eugenic positivist intellectual and political climate of Western civilization during the early 20th century, it was viewed as a symbol of decadence because of its stigmatized use as an illicit recreational drug among the poor, rural people, and Afro-Brazilians.