Uruguay unveils marijuana regulation details
Law will be closely monitored throughout the hemisphere, as more countries mull drug policy alternatives
Al Jazeera America
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Saturday, May 3, 2014
The Uruguayan government has unveiled long-awaited regulations for its recreational marijuana market — a move that steers the tiny nation of 3.3 million people away from the prohibitionist war on drugs, with its disastrous consequences in Latin America, and toward a drug policy based on improving public health and security. Although Uruguay’s Congress approved the measure in December — becoming the first country in the world to legalize recreational pot use — it was just this week that the government of President José Mujica announced all the details.
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