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Uruguay Government Plans To Sell Marijuana
Personal Liberty Digest ^ | 6/25/ 2012 | Bryan Nash

Posted on 06/25/2012 9:21:35 AM PDT by ex-Texan

In an attempt to lower crime and raise government revenue, Uruguay is planning on legalizing marijuana. Currently, it is legal to possess less than 25 grams of cannabis, but it is illegal to grow or sell it.

If the proposal passes, Uruguay’s government would oversee the growth and distribution of the $75 million business. Buyers would be required to register with the government.

“It’s a fight on both fronts: against consumption and drug trafficking,” said defense minister Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro. “We think the prohibition of certain drugs is creating more problems for society than the drugs themselves.”

Congress must approve the proposal, but Julio Calzada, secretary-general of the National Drugs Board in Uruguay, thinks there is a good chance it will pass. “We have hopes that legislators from all four parties can support the measure,” he said.

But some marijuana users have a different opinion. “People who consume are not going to buy it from the state,” said marijuana smoker Natalia Pereira. “They’re going to be mistrust buying it from a place where you have to register and they can typecast you.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: cannabis; controlledsubstance; dopersrights; druglaws; drugs; drugwar; expats; grass; marijuana; moving; overseas; pot; powertotax; uruguay; warondrugs; wod; wodlist; wosd
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Suddenly tourist travel spikes upward ! "Where do I apply for a visa ____ ?" shout millions

LOL !

1 posted on 06/25/2012 9:21:41 AM PDT by ex-Texan
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To: ex-Texan

The first country to seriously jump on the allow-and-tax bandwagon will reap a whirlwind of controversy and also a cornucopia of taxes. All eyes are on Uruguay now.


2 posted on 06/25/2012 9:24:03 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew)
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To: ex-Texan

Sounds like a good start.


3 posted on 06/25/2012 9:24:07 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: Quix; Alamo-Girl; M. Espinola; stephenjohnbanker; blam; Chunga85; RipSawyer; TigerLikesRooster; ...

*Ping* !


4 posted on 06/25/2012 9:25:26 AM PDT by ex-Texan ((Ecclesiastes 5:10 - 20))
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To: ex-Texan

Finally, we might get a chance to see for ourselves what will really happen if it’s legalised.


5 posted on 06/25/2012 9:29:10 AM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: ex-Texan

Outbreaks of rationality are always something to worry about.


6 posted on 06/25/2012 9:29:43 AM PDT by arrogantsob (Obama must Go.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Look for Obozo to suddenly have a need to make a Latin American Tour to ‘shore up our sagging relations’ with Uruguay...........


7 posted on 06/25/2012 9:30:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: stuartcr

It was legal in the USA until about 1937.

What is this 75 million number? That is nothing.


8 posted on 06/25/2012 9:32:30 AM PDT by arrogantsob (Obama must Go.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck; riverrunner
Images of Uruguay

http://www.bing.com/search?FORM=BABTDF&PC=BBLN&q=Uruguay

U.S. Dept of State Background Note: Uruguay

9 posted on 06/25/2012 9:33:40 AM PDT by ex-Texan ((Ecclesiastes 5:10 - 20))
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To: arrogantsob

Yes, I know. I don’t think it was taxed then, was it?

I guess the $75M is what the gov projected revenue will be.


10 posted on 06/25/2012 9:41:36 AM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: ex-Texan

“Uruguay is distinguished by its high literacy rate, large urban middle class, and relatively even income distribution.”

Apparently Uruguayans aren’t dummies.

If Uruguay goes through with this, they are going to make a killing in tax revenue. Pot has problems, but it’s very arguable whether or not the problems caused by trying to ban it are worse. Maybe Uruguay will get a lot of “pot vacationers” but seriously, unless that was deliberately for a one time lark, said vacationers have to disappoint themselves by returning home sometime.


11 posted on 06/25/2012 9:42:12 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew)
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To: ex-Texan

It’s a proven fact that long-term marijuana use decays the brain.


12 posted on 06/25/2012 9:45:23 AM PDT by samtheman (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/21/obamas-socialist-designs/)
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To: stuartcr

No, it was not taxed.

So you thing the 75 million is projected tax revenue not total revenue? That makes sense.


13 posted on 06/25/2012 9:45:57 AM PDT by arrogantsob (Obama must Go.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
1 USD = 21.64955 UYU

http://themoneyconverter.com/USD/UYU.aspx

In Europe, thousands of places will not take U.S. $ 50 bills thanks to Bernanke's corrupt banking policies.

http://www.bing.com/search?FORM=BABTDF&PC=BBLN&q=real+estate+in++Uruguay

14 posted on 06/25/2012 9:50:20 AM PDT by ex-Texan ((Ecclesiastes 5:10 - 20))
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To: arrogantsob

Just a guess, there wasn’t much info in the article.


15 posted on 06/25/2012 9:50:20 AM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: samtheman

As will sufficient alcohol. And drinking Drano is another way to say goodbye to this cruel world. How hard do we have to strive for the easily corrupted hand of government to save people from themselves?


16 posted on 06/25/2012 9:55:09 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew)
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To: samtheman

So does alcohol.


17 posted on 06/25/2012 9:55:41 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: samtheman

What’s your excuse? Is it the bottle or the junk food?

I would ask for a citation but we both know you dont have one.


18 posted on 06/25/2012 10:03:28 AM PDT by drunknsage
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To: stuartcr

Non sequitur, are you formerly British or Aussie?


19 posted on 06/25/2012 10:04:01 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: samtheman

...and alcohol helps your brain?


20 posted on 06/25/2012 10:06:29 AM PDT by EEGator
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