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Uruguay
Overview of drug policy, drug law and legislative trends in Uruguay Drug consumption is not a crime in Uruguay. On 20 December 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalise and regu ...
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Uruguay’s Cannabis Law
Pioneering a New Paradigm
Uruguay is the first country to legalize and regulate its domestic non-medical cannabis market. In light of this pioneering role, the choices and experiences of Uruguayan authorities hold important l ...
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Uruguay is creating the world’s first nationwide regulated cannabis market
Here’s how it will work
Beginning on May 2, Uruguayan adults interested in legally purchasing cannabis for non-medical uses can register to do so at post offices around the country. When commercial cannabis hits the market ...
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Getting regulation right
Assessing Uruguay's historic cannabis initiative
After close to three years, the final element of Uruguay’s historic cannabis law is set to be implemented in the coming weeks, as commercial sales are expected to begin soon. While advancements have ...
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Cannabis clubs in Uruguay
The challenges of regulation
The Uruguayan Cannabis Clubs (UCCs) constitute one of three ways to obtain cannabis under the new cannabis regulation laws. These organizations, formed by up to 45 adults and with a legal limit to gr ...
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Uruguay's legal marijuana policy en route to next phase of regulation
As government opens registry for pharmacists wishing to sell marijuana, sales through pharmacies are expected to begin in the second half of this year
Legal sales of cannabis through pharmacies are expected to begin in the second half of this year. This month the government opened the registry for pharmacists wishing to sell. These must install fin ...
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Infographic: How will Uruguay's regulation of cannabis work?
On December 10, 2013, the General Assembly of Uruguay approved a law that made the country the first one in the world to fully regulate the cultivation, trade and consumption of cannabis for medical, ...
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Infographic: Why is Uruguay regulating; not criminalising cannabis?
"The approval of regulation under state control in Uruguay marks a tipping point in the failed war against drugs. The trend is becoming irreversible: the era of a globally enforced cannabis prohibiti ...
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Uruguay’s pioneering cannabis regulation marks the tipping point in the failed war on drugs
Uruguay’s senate voted today (10 December) to approve the world’s first national legal framework regulating the cultivation, trade and consumption of cannabis for medical, industrial as well as recre ...
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Uruguaian law proposal to regulate the cannabis market
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