“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.
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