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airiefairie.livejournal.comNew rules in Uruguay create a legal marijuana market
So, Uruguay has adopted a new law that legalises the growing and selling of marijuana. The state is taking the business in its own hands. A bold plan which, if it works well, might turn out to be a step in the right direction, and an example for others to follow.
Actually Uruguay is doing something that sounds logical. The state will control both the marijuana production and sales. The drug will be sold in the drug stores across the country, the customers will be registered, and prices will be fixed centrally at rates that are around the normal level for that particular market. Not a single country in the world has gone that far until now in the legalisation of drugs.
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So, Uruguay has adopted a new law that legalises the growing and selling of marijuana. The state is taking the business in its own hands. A bold plan which, if it works well, might turn out to be a step in the right direction, and an example for others to follow.
Actually Uruguay is doing something that sounds logical. The state will control both the marijuana production and sales. The drug will be sold in the drug stores across the country, the customers will be registered, and prices will be fixed centrally at rates that are around the normal level for that particular market. Not a single country in the world has gone that far until now in the legalisation of drugs.
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