Uruguay to allow pot users to buy up to 20 joints a week

Individuals will also be able to grow up to six plants for personal use
Reuters (UK)
Thursday, April 24, 2014

uruguay-regula-2013Uruguayans will be able buy up to 10 grams of pot a week, enough to roll 20 joints, under new rules governing the recently legalized marijuana trade in the country. Cannabis consumers will have to register with the government on a confidential list before making purchases from authorized pharmacies, according to the law passed by Congress in December 2013. The pharmacies can only be supplied by private growers authorized by the government, which will oversee quality and choose varieties. The government will auction up to six licenses to produce cannabis legally.