Uruguay became the first country to legalize the use and trading of Marijuana drug, after the government-sponsored bill was passed and approved by the Senate with a vote of 16-13.
The approved bill will provide regulation on the cultivation, distribution and consumption of Marijuana. Uruguayan residents will now be able to buy the drug at a maximum of 40 grams each month from licensed pharmacies but they have to be over 18 years of age and are registered on a government database that will monitor their monthly consumptions.
Further, the residents will now be able to grow six marijuana plants or 480 grams a year in their homes.The form smoking club can grow up to 99 plants per year.
Senator Lucia Topolansky has told Reuters,"We begin a new experience in April. It involves a big cultural change that focuses on public health and the fight against drug trafficking."
Marijuanas are expected to be available for the drug users in April.
President Jose Mujica has said, "We've given this market as a gift to the drug traffickers and that is more destructive socially than the drug itself, because it rots the whole of society."
This move by the Uruguay Government is to curtail the drug trafficking that is plaguing the country. However, critics are saying otherwise, they said "Competing with drug traffickers by offering marijuana at a lower price will just increase the market for a drug that has negative effects on public health."
Will the bill really solve drug concerns in Uruguay or it will only create a more destructive immoral society?
The approved bill will provide regulation on the cultivation, distribution and consumption of Marijuana. Uruguayan residents will now be able to buy the drug at a maximum of 40 grams each month from licensed pharmacies but they have to be over 18 years of age and are registered on a government database that will monitor their monthly consumptions.
Further, the residents will now be able to grow six marijuana plants or 480 grams a year in their homes.The form smoking club can grow up to 99 plants per year.
Senator Lucia Topolansky has told Reuters,"We begin a new experience in April. It involves a big cultural change that focuses on public health and the fight against drug trafficking."
Marijuanas are expected to be available for the drug users in April.
President Jose Mujica has said, "We've given this market as a gift to the drug traffickers and that is more destructive socially than the drug itself, because it rots the whole of society."
This move by the Uruguay Government is to curtail the drug trafficking that is plaguing the country. However, critics are saying otherwise, they said "Competing with drug traffickers by offering marijuana at a lower price will just increase the market for a drug that has negative effects on public health."
Will the bill really solve drug concerns in Uruguay or it will only create a more destructive immoral society?
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