Uruguay’s Marijuana Law Turns Pharmacists Into Dealers
Mujica said that Worse than drug addiction is drug trafficking,
Eduardo Blasina said that The great responsibility we have in Uruguay is to show the world
that this system of freedom with regulation works better than prohibition,
Hannah Hetzer said that This follows from increasing momentum by leaders in Latin America in calling for alternatives to the war on drugs,
Alejandro Antalich said that These are measures designed to help people who are already users without encouraging others who don’t consume,
As American states legalize marijuana and governments in the hemisphere rethink the fight against drugs, Uruguay is taking a significant
step further: It is the first nation in the world to fully legalize the production and sale of marijuana for recreational use.
Juan José Rodríguez, who has run an independent pharmacy with his wife here in the
capital, Montevideo, for 17 years, said the law put Uruguay on a dangerous course.