Legalizing Marijuana In Uruguay
Published on Wednesday, 31 July 2013
23:42 //
World News
A Bill regarding the legalization of the marijuana has been passed by the parliament of the Uruguay.
If the
bill is also approved by the senate, then Uruguay would be the first country in
the world of regulating distribution, production and sale of marijuana.
President
Jose Mujica’s government is in complete favour of the law as stating the reasons
that it will keep the drug addicts from using harder drugs. Legalizing
marijuana would also cut profits from drug dealers.
According
to the bill , only registered retailers
would be allowed to sell marijuana.
Drug addicted
people would be allowed to consume only 40g of marijuana per month or he would
be able to grow upto 6 marijuana plants at home.
According to the bill ,"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".
The bill was supported by fifty out
of 96 MPs. The legalization bill was
largely backed by Frente Amplio coalition.
Frente Amplio coalition was not in
favour of the bill firstly but later on they backed the bill on the day.
The bill is also expected to be
approved by the senate.
