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Uruguay: Cultivate Hemp; First In South America
By Steve Elliott, Toke of the Town for Hemp News Uruguay has pulled into the lead in becoming the first country in South America to authorize the cultivation of industrial hemp, Paula Alvarado reports...
View ArticleUruguay: President Wants To Legalize Marijuana, But He's Never Tried It
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsUruguayan President José Mújica, who is pushing to legalize marijuana in his country, confessed earlier this week that he has never smoked pot."I have never tried it in my...
View ArticleUruguay: Poised To Become First Country On Earth To Re-Legalize Marijuana
Unions, Doctors and Civil Society Mobilize Support Ahead of Upcoming Parliamentary VoteBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThis summer –- and perhaps as soon as this Wednesday -– the Uruguayan House of...
View ArticleUnited Nations Warns Uruguay Against Marijuana Legalization
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe International Narcotics Control Board, a subsidiary of the United Nations, has expressed "concern" over moves by South American nation Uruguay to legalize marijuana.The...
View ArticleUruguay: Goverment Will Sell Cannabis For $2.50 Per Gram To Compete With...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe bill which legalizes marijuana in the South American nation of Uruguay also does something else: It fixes the price of cannabis at around $2.50 per gram. The bill has been...
View ArticleUruguay: Sting and Richard Branson Accused of Using Nation as 'Laboratory'...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsSting and Sir Richard Branson have been accused of using Uruguay as a "laboratory" for marijuana legalization after backing a campaign to regulate cannabis in the South...
View ArticleUruguay: How Will the Regulation of Legal Marijuana Work?
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsRegulación Responsable’s new animated video (with English subtitles; just turn closed captioning on, on YouTube) is now available online, in which it explains the marijuana...
View ArticleGlobal: Alternatives to Drug War to be Major Focus at United Nations General...
Heads of State from Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Mexico Expected to Call for Global Drug Policy ReformPresident Mujica of Uruguay Makes First-Ever UN Address; Will Meet With President Pérez...
View ArticleGlobal: Guatemalan President Calls for Global Drug Policy Reform in UN Speech
President Pérez Molina Praises Voters of Colorado and Washington for Legalizing Marijuana and President Obama for Allowing Them to ProceedCommends President Mujica of Uruguay for Marijuana Legalization...
View ArticleUruguay: Aerosmith Praises President's Marijuana Legalization Efforts
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsHard-rock legends Aerosmith, in Uruguay for a concert Wednesday night, praised President José Mujica during an official visit Tuesday afternoon. Singer Steven Tyler called...
View ArticleUruguay: Government Will Sell Legal Marijuana For $1 Per Gram
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsUruguay's government will sell legal marijuana for $1 per gram, according to the country's drug czar, though Julio Calzada has given higher estimates in the past.A law already...
View ArticleUruguay: Growers Celebrate As South American Nation Prepares To Legalize
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsWith Uruguay about to become the first nation on Earth to fully, formally re-legalize cannabis since the the United Nations Single Convention Treaty on Narcotics in 1961,...
View ArticleUruguay: South American Nation Next Week Will Become First In World To...
Uruguayan Senate to Vote Next Week on President Mujica’s Bill to Tax and Regulate MarijuanaThe Uruguayan Senate next week will vote on a bill that would make their country the first in the world to...
View ArticleUruguay: South American Nation On Tuesday Will Become First In Modern World...
Uruguayan Senate to Vote on President Mujica’s Bill to Tax and Regulate MarijuanaThe Uruguayan Senate on Tuesday will vote on a bill that would make their country the first in the world -- since the...
View ArticleUruguay: Marijuana Legalization Challenged By UN's International Narcotics...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe celebration is in full swing in Uruguay, which became the first nation in modern times to legalize marijuana, but a drug agency overseen by the United Nations on Wednesday...
View ArticleUruguay: President Mujica Blasts UN Official For Saying He Can't Legalize...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsUruguay President Jose "Pepe" Mujica certainly didn't take any nonsense from the president of the International Narcotics Control Board, a United Nations agency, who claimed...
View ArticleUruguay: Marijuana Legalization Law Signed By President Jose Mujica
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsPresident Jose Mujica has signed into law Uruguay's plan to create a legal, regulated market for marijuana, according to a spokesman.Mujica signed the law Monday night, the...
View ArticleUruguay: Cannabis Growers Coming Out Into The Open
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsUruguay President Jose Mujica's plan to create and regulate the world's first modern national marijuana market now is the law of the land in this small South American nation,...
View ArticlePeru: Former Drug Control Director Calls For Marijuana Legalization
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsPeru should consider legalizing cannabis, according to the former head of the South American nation's drug control agency.Ricardo Soberon, former director of the Peruvian...
View ArticleGlobal: Uruguay's President Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize For Legalizing...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsUruguay's President Jose "Pepe" Mujica has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Price. According to advocates, President Mujica's legalization of marijuana in his...
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