Pubdate: Tue, 22 Oct 2013
Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA)
Copyright: 2013 Associated Press
Contact:  http://www.mercurynews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/390

COUNTRY PLANS TO SELL POT FOR $ 1 A GRAM

(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. The measure would make Uruguay the 
first country in the world to license and enforce rules for the 
production, distribution and sale of marijuana for adult consumers.
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