Portugal: Food and Drugs Law

João Taborda da Gama continues to shape international discourse on psychedelic regulation, speaking at major European forums on the legal, ethical, and philosophical tensions surrounding controlled substances. His recent presentations in Ukraine and Portugal examine who holds authority over consciousness-altering therapies, whether existing frameworks reflect coherent principles or accumulated habit, and what risks and possibilities fall outside medicalization's reach.

On 2 March 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") sets out criteria for interpreting the definition of "food for special medical purposes" and for distinguishing...