The President of Uruguay, Jose
Mujica, has been on a mission to deal with the rise in illegal drug trade and
trafficking which has plagued the region.
An Institute for Regulation and
Control of Cannabis would be created, with the power to grant licenses for all
aspects of a legal industry to produce marijuana for recreational, medicinal or
industrial use.
The government will purchase
marijuana from licensed growers and distribute it to pharmacies, while private
citizens will be permitted to grow the plant for personal use.
Uruguay is now at the forefront of
globally reforming our ever costly, and perpetually failing archaic drug
policies. If this endeavor succeeds, Uruguay will become the first nation that
will allow its citizens to legally grow and consume marijuana for non-medical
purposes.
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