President José Mujica presses on with plan to create government-run legal marijuana industry to combat criminals
The measure would make Uruguay the first country in the world to license and enforce rules for the production and sale of marijuana. Photograph: Anthony Bolante/Reuters
Uruguay's drug tsar says the country plans to sell legal marijuana for $1 a 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 Uruguay's president, José Mujica, expects to push it through the Senate soon as part of his effort to explore alternatives in the war on drugs.
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