Tarso is one of the most influential people in the emerging brazilian cannabis industry. As journalist and documentarist, he produced content about cannabis and drug policy for more than a decade, winning some of the most important journalism prizes in Brazil and abroad, as Premio Abril, Prêmio Esso and Malofiej. “Illegal”, a feature film about the fight for medical cannabis in Brazil, is considered the foundation for the regulation of medical cannabis in Brazil. He’s also one of the founders of Repense, a campaign created with patients associations to demand brazilian authorities to regulate the matter.