Tag: Uruguay

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April 27, 2015
04/27/2015
Bud and Breakfast: The ‘Airbnb’ of Cannabis is Here

Bud and Breakfast: The ‘Airbnb’ of Cannabis is Here

Thanks to Bud and Breakfast, weedists looking to get away from it all can enjoy a vacation where their weed consuming ways are not only accepted, but...
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March 9, 2015
03/09/2015
New Uruguay President Postpones a Key Step in Jose Mujica’s Marijuana Legalization Law

New Uruguay President Postpones a Key Step in Jose Mujica’s Marijuana Legalization Law

Uruguay’s new president has pledged to continue the marijuana legalization policies left by his predecessor, but has also decided to postpone the implementation of public sales of...
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January 8, 2015
01/08/2015
Uruguay’s Year in Marijuana: 3 Successes, 3 Burning Questions

Uruguay’s Year in Marijuana: 3 Successes, 3 Burning Questions

It’s been just over a year since Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica signed a law creating the world’s first nationalized market for the cultivation, sale and consumption of...
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December 17, 2014
12/17/2014
Uruguay Opens Its First Marijuana Fair

Uruguay Opens Its First Marijuana Fair

Uruguay’s first marijuana fair, dubbed “Expocannabis” has opened in Montevideo, a year after the growing and sale of the drug was legalized in this country. The legalization...
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December 4, 2014
12/04/2014
Uruguay Marijuana Secure: Tabare Vazquez Wins Office

Uruguay Marijuana Secure: Tabare Vazquez Wins Office

Tabare Vazquez’s victory in Uruguay’s presidential election is a show of support for the leftist coalition that has governed the country for the past decade and allows...
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November 18, 2014
11/18/2014
Uruguay Presidential Candidates Opposite on Mujica’s Legal Weed Law

Uruguay Presidential Candidates Opposite on Mujica’s Legal Weed Law

Due to Uruguay law, Mujica is forbidden from serving two consecutive terms as president and will be replaced. The two leading candidates have opposing views on the...
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November 6, 2014
11/06/2014
Marijuana Clubs Register in Uruguay, but Backlash Brews

Marijuana Clubs Register in Uruguay, but Backlash Brews

Uruguay started registering marijuana growers’ clubs at the end of October. Under the plan, licensed clubs of up to 45 members will be allowed to grow a...
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October 23, 2014
10/23/2014
Uruguay’s Roll-Out of Marijuana Experiment Faces Election Risk

Uruguay’s Roll-Out of Marijuana Experiment Faces Election Risk

Uruguay is struggling to roll out the commercial production and sale of marijuana and its ground-breaking experiment could be dropped or watered down if an opposition candidate...
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August 5, 2014
08/05/2014
Uruguay Looking for Cannabis Growers for Legal Marijuana Program

Uruguay Looking for Cannabis Growers for Legal Marijuana Program

The newly formed department charged with creating and regulating the national cannabis market in Uruguay, the Institute for the Regulation and Control of Cannabis (IRCCA), is accepting...
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July 10, 2014
07/10/2014
Uruguay Marijuana Sales Delayed Until 2015

Uruguay Marijuana Sales Delayed Until 2015

Uruguay President Jose Mujica told AFP Wednesday that sales of marijuana will be delayed until next year because of difficulties in implementing the controversial law legalizing the...
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May 7, 2014
05/07/2014
New Rules in Uruguay Create a Legal Marijuana Market

New Rules in Uruguay Create a Legal Marijuana Market

Uruguay has published regulations for a new, legal marijuana market, a measure approved by lawmakers there in December. The law and the new regulations make Uruguay the...
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May 6, 2014
05/06/2014
Uruguay’s Mujica Is the Grumpy Old Man of Global Marijuana Legalization

Uruguay’s Mujica Is the Grumpy Old Man of Global Marijuana Legalization

Uruguay will formally unveil the regulations for its legal marijuana commerce next week, although the broad outlines are already known. The stuff will be genetically tracked from seed to sale and...
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April 21, 2014
04/21/2014
Marijuana Has Come a Long Way Since Last 4/20

Marijuana Has Come a Long Way Since Last 4/20

What a difference a year makes. From 4/20, 2013, to 4/20, 2014, marijuana has taken big steps out of the shadows of the black market and into...
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April 9, 2014
04/09/2014
Uruguay to Give Medicinal Marijuana to Prisoners

Uruguay to Give Medicinal Marijuana to Prisoners

Uruguay’s drug czar Julio Calzada told The Associated Press on Tuesday that any prisoner with doctors’ orders will be prescribed marijuana to improve their  physical or mental health.
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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 17, 2014
03/17/2014
Marijuana Stocks: This Year, April 1 Will Be the New 4/20

Marijuana Stocks: This Year, April 1 Will Be the New 4/20

This year’s 4/1 is a bigger deal than 4/20, at least from a non-US marijuana stock investing standpoint. Come April 1, not only will Canada’s MMPR program roll-out,...
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February 7, 2014
02/07/2014
Uruguayan President Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize

Uruguayan President Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize

Uruguayan President José Mujica has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to rethink the drug war.
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February 3, 2014
02/03/2014
Legal Marijuana In Uruguay Lets Scientists Finally Study It

Legal Marijuana In Uruguay Lets Scientists Finally Study It

Leaf Science reports that scientists in Uruguay plan to study marijuana beginning in April, when regulations for legal marijuana will be released.
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January 6, 2014
01/06/2014
The Top 10 International Drug Policy Stories of 2013

The Top 10 International Drug Policy Stories of 2013

What a year in drug reform! 2013 saw a historic breakthrough on the international front, as well as evidence that powerful currents are shifting inexorably away from...
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December 27, 2013
12/27/2013
2013: The Year in Review – NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

2013: The Year in Review – NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

NORML and NORML Foundation are supported by cannabis consumers and other caring citizens. Please see our annual report and help us to keep going strong into 2014 by making...
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