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Uruguay moves one step closer to becoming first country to legally regulate marijuana
Read more...On Wednesday 31st July 2013, the Uruguayan House of Representatives approved a marijuana regulation bill, bringing it one step closer to becoming the first country in the world to legally regulate th ...
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Latin America Drug Policy Dialogue 2013 Maldonado (Uruguay)
Read more...The ninth Latin America informal drug policy dialogue was devoted to "dilemmas in regulation of the cannabis market." The two-day dialogues were structured around seven sessions: (1) The Uruguayan pr ...
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Uruguay steps forward with Marijuana legalisation vote
The vote by Uruguay’s House of Representatives to legalize and regulate the country’s marijuana market represents a major step forward for the landmark reform effort
Read more...The bill will now be taken up in Uruguay’s Senate—where the governing Frente Amplio coalition also holds a majority—and could soon arrive on the desk of President José Mujica, who has supported the p ...
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Drugs and Prisons in Uruguay
The Case of Alicia Castilla
Read more...In Uruguay, the consumption of drugs, including marijuana, is not punishable with prison time. Even so, the cultivation of marijuana for personal consumption is a crime.
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Uruguayan drug legalisation: Thinking the unthinkable
A bold, if fuzzy, proposal
Read more...Latin American leaders have begun to rebel against rigid drug prohibition and the decades-long "war" on drugs. So when Uruguay’s government this month released a document suggesting it would legalise ...
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Uruguay mulls government marijuana sales
Read more...Uruguay is planning a novel approach to fighting its rising crime: having its government sell marijuana to take drug profits out of the hands of dealers. Under the plan backed by President Jose Mujic ...
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Drug Laws and Prisons in Uruguay
Systems Overload: Drug Laws and Prisons in Latin America
Read more...Uruguay has one of the most advanced drug policies on the continent. In Uruguay, the law does not criminalize drug use or possession of drugs for personal use. In addition, in recent years its nation ...
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'Paco' Under Scrutiny
The cocaine base paste market in the Southern Cone
Read more...Based on two studies carried out in the cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, this report examines the origin, characteristics and impact of the explosive increase in cocaine base paste in urban are ...
Drugs in the News
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10.02.2022 - Europe should follow Malta's example on cannabis reform, says minister
09.02.2022 - Scotland's drug deaths: Consumption room pilot on track despite warning over legal barriers
02.02.2022 - A cannabis monopoly asteroid is coming
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Balancing Treaty Stability and Change
Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions to facilitate cannabis regulation
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The History of Cannabis in the UN Drug Control System and Options For Reform



