Tag: Guatemala

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July 28, 2014
07/28/2014
Guatemalan President Still Mulling Whether to Legalize Marijuana

Guatemalan President Still Mulling Whether to Legalize Marijuana

Will Guatemala ever legalize marijuana? Maybe. The country’s president, Otto Perez Molina, didn’t rule out the possibility of legalizing the drug during an interview with The Washington...
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April 4, 2014
04/04/2014
Guatemalan President Will Present Plan to Legalize Marijuana, Opium Production

Guatemalan President Will Present Plan to Legalize Marijuana, Opium Production

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said Wednesday his country could present a plan before year’s end to legalize the production of marijuana and opium poppies. His comments...
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April 1, 2014
04/01/2014
Legalising Cannabis: Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica Asks World for Support

Legalising Cannabis: Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica Asks World for Support

The small South American country will soon become the first in the world to legalize, regulate and participate in the production, sale and taxation of marijuana. Uruguay’s “weed...
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March 31, 2014
03/31/2014
Caribbean Countries Consider Loosening Marijuana Laws

Caribbean Countries Consider Loosening Marijuana Laws

In the Caribbean, marijuana is illegal, yet it is widely used, freely sold and openly puffed. Now, for the first time, Caribbean leaders — much like a...
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September 30, 2013
09/30/2013
Latin American Leaders Talk Drug Reform at UN

Latin American Leaders Talk Drug Reform at UN

Once again, the United Nations’ General Assembly meeting in New York City has become a forum for calls for drug reform. Leaders from Latin America took the...
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012
Breaking the Taboo, Narrated by Morgan Freeman #BreakTheTaboo

Breaking the Taboo, Narrated by Morgan Freeman #BreakTheTaboo

Breaking the Taboo, narrated by Morgan Freeman #BreakTheTaboo Breaking the Taboo is a must-see documentary arguing to end the failed War on Drugs (#BreakTheTaboo). Produced by Sam...
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November 14, 2012
11/14/2012
Citing Marijuana Legalization Vote, Latin Leaders Call for Policy Review

Citing Marijuana Legalization Vote, Latin Leaders Call for Policy Review

03:06pm Last Tuesday’s legalization votes are reverberating not just across the country, but across the hemisphere. Five conservative Latin American heads of state said in a joint...
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September 27, 2012
09/27/2012
Latin Americans at UN Seek Drug Policy Debate

Latin Americans at UN Seek Drug Policy Debate

06:51pm Wednesday’s United Nations General Assembly session saw not one, not two, but three Latin American heads of state call on it to promote debate on...
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July 23, 2012
07/23/2012
Belize Ponders Marijuana Decriminalization

Belize Ponders Marijuana Decriminalization

012, 06:55pm The government of Belize is studying the possible decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of marijuana in a bid to unclog its courts and...
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