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Uruguay OKs first national market for legal pot

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Uruguay's Senate approved the world's first national marketplace for legal marijuana Dec. 10, an audacious and risky experiment that puts the government in charge of growing, selling and using a drug that is illegal almost everywhere else.

The vote was 16 to 13, with the governing Broad Front majority united in favor. President Jose Mujica will sign it into law.

Opinion polls show two-thirds of Uruguayans oppose the law, but Mujica said he's convinced the global drug war is a failure, and this will help contain addictions and beat organized crime. (AP)

ウルグアイ、大麻の栽培や購入を合法化

南米ウルグアイで12月10日、大麻の栽培、販売、使用を合法化する法案が上院で可決された。一般市民の栽培や販売が合法化されたのは世界で初めてだ。

The Japan Times ST: December 20, 2013