If it goes on to be approved by the Senate, Uruguay will become the
first country to regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana.
The law is backed by the government of President Jose Mujica, which
says it will remove profits from drug dealers and divert users from harder
drugs.
Under the bill, only the government would be allowed to sell
marijuana.
The state would assume "the control and regulation of the
importation, exportation, plantation, cultivation, the harvest, the production,
the acquisition, the storage, the commercialisation and the distribution of
cannabis and its by-products".
Buyers would have to be registered on a database and be over the age
of 18. They would be able to buy up to 40g (1.4oz) per month in specially
licensed pharmacies or grow up to six plants at home.
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