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 Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:06 am Post subject: Uruguay official: legal pot for $1 per gram |
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Uruguay's drug czar says the country plans to sell legal marijuana for $1 per gram to combat drug-trafficking, according to a local newspaper.
The plan to create a government-run legal marijuana industry has passed the lower house of Congress, and President Jose Mujica expects to push it through the Senate soon as part of his effort to explore alternatives in the war on drugs. |
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/uruguay-official-legal-pot-1-110643435.html
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Calzada said one gram will be enough, "for one marijuana cigarette or two or three slimmer cigarettes."
He said the idea is not to make money, but to fight petty crime and wrench the market away from illegal dealers.
"The illegal market is very risky and of poor quality," he said. The State "is going to offer a safe place to buy a quality product and on top of that, it's going to sell it at the same price." |
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