Items tagged with uruguay and legalization
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| Willful blindness: INCB can find nothing good to say on cannabis legalisation [14.03.2023] | In its report for 2022, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the “independent, quasi-judicial expert body” that monitors the implementat ... |
| Legal marijuana, but Uruguayans still prefer black market [30.09.2022] | In 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana -- which came into effect four years later -- permitting it ... |
| A roundup of countries that permit recreational cannabis [15.10.2021] | Marijuana may be an issue of easy agreement in the ongoing coalition talks between Germany's leading parties. Despite numerous points of contention, ... |
| Regulating Drugs: Resolving Conflicts with the UN Drug Control Treaty System [29.11.2019] | There are good reasons to legally regulate drugs markets, rather than persist with efforts to ban all non-medical uses of psychoactive substances. Re ... |
| Hearing on Bill C-45 as it relates to Canada’s international obligations [19.04.2018] | The international dimensions of Bill C-45 are of utmost importance not only for Canada itself but for many countries around the world that are moving ... |
| Uruguay’s Cannabis Law [23.03.2018] | Uruguay is the first country to legalize and regulate its domestic non-medical cannabis market. In light of this pioneering role, the choices and exp ... |
| Uruguay leads world in cannabis regulation but US law intrudes [28.02.2018] | Uruguay was the first country in the world to fully regulate the cannabis market and so break free from a global prohibitionist regime that has preva ... |
| If the U.S. legalizes marijuana, what happens to its international drug treaties? [10.01.2018] | When Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded a Barack Obama-era federal policy that allowed recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington, he di ... |
| Yes, legalizing marijuana breaks treaties. We can deal with that [11.12.2017] | Buzzing in the background of Canada’s debate on cannabis legalization is the issue of the three UN drug control treaties, and what to do with them. T ... |
| How Uruguay made legal highs work [10.12.2017] | Uruguay’s switch to a legal marijuana market has not been without its hitches. Notably the resistance of most pharmacists to act as outlets for the r ... |
| IDPC response to the INCB Annual Report for 2016 [30.09.2017] | The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Annual Report for 2016 is, as usual, a mixed bag of high quality data and sometimes doubtful politic ... |
| Uruguay setting up dedicated cannabis dispensaries after banks scare off pharmacies [14.09.2017] | Uruguay’s government announced that it is changing its retail system for legalized marijuana because banks are making it difficult for pharmacies to ... |
| Pot was flying off the shelves in Uruguay. Then U.S. banks weighed in [25.08.2017] | The pharmacies selling pot were doing a brisk business. After Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize marijuana sales for rec ... |
| Uruguay finds no banks for the bongs [22.08.2017] | Understated and simpatico, former Uruguayan president Jose Mujica isn't easily rattled. Just don't mess with his reefer. That was the message from Mo ... |
| Legal marijuana sale faces challenges by banks in Uruguay [18.08.2017] | The legal sale of marijuana in Uruguayan pharmacies is facing challenges as banks refuse to deal with companies linked to the drug in order to follow ... |
| Uruguay’s marijuana law turns pharmacists into dealers [19.07.2017] | The rules are a bit of a buzzkill. Drug users must register with the government. Machines will scan buyers’ fingerprints at every purchase, and there ... |
| In Uruguay’s marijuana experiment, the government is your pot dealer [07.07.2017] | In coming weeks, cannabis-seeking citizens in Uruguay will be able to walk into a pharmacy and buy government-approved marijuana for the state-mandat ... |
| Uruguay sets path for Canada on marijuana legalization within international treaties [06.06.2017] | Uruguay‘s envoy to Ottawa says his small South American country has opened up some breathing room for marijuana legalization within international tre ... |
| Uruguay, the first country where you can smoke marijuana wherever you like [27.05.2017] | Not everyone is pleased with how legal marijuana is being implemented in Uruguay. “I’m happy because now you can plant without going to prison,” says ... |
| Uruguayan pharmacies will start selling cannabis [04.05.2017] | On the outskirts of Libertad, a small town an hour’s drive from Montevideo, barbed wire and guard towers surround a ten-hectare plot of state-owned l ... |
| Uruguay is creating the world’s first nationwide regulated cannabis market [01.05.2017] | Beginning on May 2, Uruguayan adults interested in legally purchasing cannabis for non-medical uses can register to do so at post offices around the ... |
| Uruguay to sell cannabis in pharmacies from July [07.04.2017] | Uruguay will begin selling cannabis in pharmacies from July, the final stage in the country's pioneering regularisation of the drug. "Cannabis will b ... |
| People in Latin America are starting to turn against outlawing marijuana [27.02.2017] | Sentiments in Latin America in favor of outlawing marijuana appear to be undergoing shifts in some countries, according to a study published the Inte ... |
| Cannabis in Latin America and the Caribbean [15.09.2016] | Cannabis (or marihuana) is one of the most widely consumed psychoactive substances in the world. According to the United Nations World Drug Report, 1 ... |
| Uruguay cannabis market still struggles for legitimacy a year after historic ruling [12.07.2015] | In May 2014, then-president Mujica signed far-reaching regulations for Uruguay’s marijuana market, making the nation the first country in the world t ... |
| So you want to legalize weed? [27.06.2015] | Up and down the Western Hemisphere, marijuana policy is a growing topic of discussion, and laws are starting to change. In 2014, retail marijuana sto ... |
| February 23: A big day for Uruguay’s marijuana experiment [23.02.2015] | Uruguay’s experiment with legal domestic cannabis cultivation is about to enter a new phase, marking a key opportunity for the country to demonstrate ... |
| Uruguay’s year in weed: 3 big successes, 3 burning questions [05.01.2015] | 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, sal ... |
| One year after law's approval, Uruguay waits for commercial cannabis sales [02.01.2015] | A year after Uruguay's historic marijuana law was signed, officials have green-lighted homegrown cannabis, cannabis clubs, and hemp cultivation, but ... |
| The year in drug policy: Movement at a crossroads [26.12.2014] | The 43-year-old war on drugs had never seen such a barrage of opposition as it did in 2014, with successful marijuana legalization initiatives in sev ... |
| Uruguay: Marijuana law gets boost in presidential vote [01.12.2014] | Uruguay's politicians who led the charge to legalize marijuana and same-sex marriage appeared to win another ringing endorsement from voters in the S ... |
| Uruguay pushes back start of marijuana sale in pharmacies [25.11.2014] | Uruguay could start selling marijuana in pharmacies in March 2015, the head of the National Drugs Board said, although the government had initially b ... |
| Marijuana’s big-money Marley Brand makes a splash [24.11.2014] | Last week, NBC’s Today Show giddily announced an exclusive: Privateer Holdings, the Seattle marijuana company long acclaimed locally for its straight ... |
| 5 interesting things we learned from the man in charge of Uruguay’s weed [11.09.2014] | Julio Calzada is the top drug official in the little nation of Uruguay, which has gained notoriety over the last year for becoming the first country ... |
| Uruguay marijuana law under fire [11.09.2014] | When Uruguay's historic marijuana regulation law passed the Senate in December, it was a major victory for drug policy reform in Uruguay and around t ... |
| The difference between legalisation and decriminalisation [17.06.2014] | The war on cannabis seems to be slowly burning out. On June 12th Jamaica announced that it plans to decriminalise possession of small amounts of the ... |
| Cannabis regulation: high time for change? [20.05.2014] | Cannabis is the world’s most widely used illicit drug. But for how much longer? In a short space of time we have moved from absolute global prohibiti ... |
| Uruguay unveils marijuana regulation details [02.05.2014] | The Uruguayan government has unveiled long-awaited regulations for its recreational marijuana market — a move that steers the tiny nation of 3.3 mill ... |
| Uruguay to allow pot users to buy up to 20 joints a week [23.04.2014] | Uruguayans will be able buy up to 10 grams of pot a week, enough to roll 20 joints, under new rules governing the recently legalized marijuana trade ... |
| Uruguay not a ‘pirate’ [17.04.2014] | The Uruguayan government has made a controversial move to regulate the production and sale of cannabis, believing that this will help in the fight ag ... |
| Uruguay to track pot by genetic markers [27.03.2014] | Uruguay's drug czar says every legal marijuana plant in Uruguay will be registered and tracked using radio frequency tags, and that state-grown marij ... |
| The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibition [10.03.2014] | The cannabis plant has been used for spiritual, medicinal and recreational purposes since the early days of civilization. In this report the Transnat ... |
| INCB speaks out against death penalty [05.03.2014] | UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) unprecedented condemnation of the use of death penalty for drug-related offences is welcome if long ... |
| UN: cannabis law changes pose 'very grave danger to public health' [04.03.2014] | The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has launched a counter-offensive against moves to liberalise drug laws around the world, warning tha ... |
| Uruguay surrenders to win [31.01.2014] | José Mujica has attempted to change the premises and conditions of the drugs wars through the legalisation of marijuana. Although even the people of ... |
| Uruguay’s marijuana growers come out into open [27.12.2013] | Juan Andres Palese was using a fake name in public when he opened Uruguay’s first store dedicated to cultivating marijuana, where he offered growing ... |
| Uruguay President Mujica signs marijuana law [24.12.2013] | Uruguay's President Mujica has quietly signed into law the government’s plan to create a regulated, legal market for marijuana. He signed the legisla ... |
| Uruguay's neighbors now considering legalization of pot [24.12.2013] | Argentina has given the first sign that Uruguay’s groundbreaking cannabis reform just may have started a domino effect across Latin America. Followin ... |
| Légalisation du cannabis au Maroc [23.12.2013] | L’Istiqlal a présenté un projet de loi pour la légalisation du cannabis. «L'objectif est d'utiliser ce produit dans l'agriculture afin de promouvoir ... |
| Uruguay: Yes we cannabis [20.12.2013] | When Uruguay recently became the first country in the world to legalise and regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana, it was a lon ... |
| INCB vs Uruguay: the art of diplomacy [17.12.2013] | International tensions over Uruguay’s decision to regulate the cannabis market reached new levels when Raymond Yans, president of the International N ... |
| The architect of Uruguay's marijuana legalization speaks out [15.12.2013] | The call for drug policy reform has moved from flower-power communes into the halls of power. Starting next year Uruguayans will be able to buy marij ... |
| 'Stop lying': Uruguay president chides UN official over marijuana law [14.12.2013] | Uruguay’s president has accused the head of the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Raymond Yans, of lying and double standards, after ... |
| Uruguay's Prez rips into UN official over marijuana law: 'Stop lying' [12.12.2013] | Uruguay's President Mujica shot back at the president of the International Narcotics Control Board, a U.N. agency, for saying that his administration ... |
| Heroic Uruguay deserves a Nobel peace prize for legalising cannabis [11.12.2013] | The response of the UN's International Narcotics Control Board to Uruguay's new drug regime has been to incant futile bromides. According to its chie ... |
| Finally, a nation legalizes pot [11.12.2013] | In a closely watched vote, Uruguayan lawmakers approved a proposal to make recreational marijuana legal for adults and to regulate its production, di ... |
| Uruguay legalizes pot, recasting drug war [10.12.2013] | The Uruguay Senate approved a bill to legalize marijuana and put its trade into state hands, in what many experts said marks a new model for the war ... |
| Infographic: How will Uruguay's regulation of cannabis work? [10.12.2013] | On December 10, 2013, the General Assembly of Uruguay approved a law that made the country the first one in the world to fully regulate the cultivati ... |
| Infographic: Why is Uruguay regulating; not criminalising cannabis? [10.12.2013] | "The approval of regulation under state control in Uruguay marks a tipping point in the failed war against drugs. The trend is becoming irreversible: ... |
| Growers celebrate as Uruguay prepares to legalize marijuana cultivation, distribution [24.10.2013] | Pot connoisseurs of the world take note: Uruguay is about to go where no country has gone before by legalizing the cultivation and distribution of ma ... |
| Uruguay official: Legal pot for $1 per gram [20.10.2013] | 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 pl ... |
| The experiment [05.08.2013] | After more than a year’s public deliberation and a 14-hour parliamentary debate, on July 31st Uruguay took a big step to becoming the first country i ... |
| What Legalizing Pot In Uruguay Means For the World [01.08.2013] | Late Wednesday night, following months of intensive debate and negotiation, the Uruguayan House of Representatives passed a bill to legalize marijuan ... |
| Global trendsetter? Uruguay moves to legalize marijuana [31.07.2013] | Uruguay has effectively sealed the passage of a groundbreaking marijuana legalization bill that puts production, distribution, and sale of the drug i ... |
| Uruguay postpones vote on 'state as dealer' approach to drug regulation - but not for long? [23.12.2012] | Uruguay has been on the vanguard of drug policy reform in the Americas, proposing a state regulatory market for the cultivation and consumption of ma ... |
| Uruguay government aide defends marijuana plan [22.11.2012] | Juan Vaz, an Uruguayan activist and government aide who has been jailed for growing marijuana in his home, says it's time to end a contradiction that ... |
| Uruguay lawmakers consider legalization of marijuana with goal of outselling pot dealers [15.11.2012] | Uruguay came one step closer to turning the government into the country’s leading pot dealer, as lawmakers formally introduced to Congress a framewor ... |
| The will of the voters [12.11.2012] | Now that the voters in Colorado and Washington have approved marijuana legalization initiatives, attention has turned quickly to questions surroundin ... |
| Uruguay plans to legalise marijuana under state monopoly [23.10.2012] | The president of Uruguay, José Mujica, has announced plans to legalise the production and sale of marijuana under a state monopoly, triggering a live ... |
| The relaxation of cannabis laws shows the failure of the war on drugs [21.09.2012] | When the Uruguayan president José Mujica was asked about his proposal to make a historic break with global prohibition and put in place a legal, stat ... |
| Uruguay takes 'war on drugs' in new direction: The state as dealer [18.09.2012] | Uruguay has long been at the vanguard of social reform in Latin America. Today, it is on the verge of passing into law one of its most radical ideas ... |
| Uruguay ponders making government legal pot dealer [09.08.2012] | A plan by Uruguay's leaders to turn the government into the nation's marijuana dealer has been presented to Congress, where the idea faces an uncerta ... |
| Officials in Uruguay and Chile Submit Marijuana Legalization Bills [09.08.2012] | While the Uruguayan president has endorsed a bill which would create a legal, state-run marijuana industry, congressmen in Chile are pushing a bill t ... |
| South America Sees Drug Path to Legalization [28.07.2012] | Uruguay’s famously rebellious president first called for "regulated and controlled legalization of marijuana" in a security plan unveiled last month. ... |
| Drugs and Prisons in Uruguay [17.07.2012] | In Uruguay, the consumption of drugs, including marijuana, is not punishable with prison time. Even so, the cultivation of marijuana for personal con ... |
| Uruguayan drug legalisation: Thinking the unthinkable [29.06.2012] | Latin American leaders have begun to rebel against rigid drug prohibition and the decades-long "war" on drugs. So when Uruguay’s government this mont ... |
| Uruguay’s Plan to Legalize Marijuana Sales [26.06.2012] | Uruguay's proposal to legalize marijuana sales – and make its government the sole seller – reflects a growing worldwide urge to find new and less vio ... |
| A breakthrough in the making? [25.06.2012] | Remarkable drug policy developments are taking place in Latin America. This is not only at the level of political debate, but is also reflected in ac ... |
| Uruguay says pot law won't make it a drug haven [23.06.2012] | Uruguay's government plans to start growing marijuana soon after a law legalizing sales of the drug passes Congress, but a ban on selling to foreigne ... |
| Uruguayan government announces unprecedented plan for legal, regulated arijuana markets [21.06.2012] | In the latest challenge from Latin America to drug war orthodoxy, on June 20, 2012, the Uruguayan government unveiled a proposal that, if adopted by ... |
| Uruguay Considers Selling Marijuana [21.06.2012] | Uruguay is showing a novel approach to Latin America's growing fatigue with the war on drugs with a new proposal: normalize marijuana use and hand ov ... |
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