Uruguay set to become first country to legalize marijuana trade

Uruguay set to become first country
to legalize marijuana trade
South American country Uruguay is set to become
the first country in the world to allow its citizens to
grow, sell, buy and smoke marijuana. The
country's Senate began its final debate on the
issue today Tuesday Dec. 10th and claim they
want to legalize it in a bid to take the business
from criminals.
If this bill, which has the support of majority of the
House and the president of the country, is passed,
Uruguay will be the first country to legalize a trade
that is illegal everywhere else in the world.
After the trade is made legal, Uruguay will then
draft regulations imposing state control over the
cultivation and distribution of marijuana. Anyone
who wants to go into the business would have to
be licensed and registered, with government
monitors keeping tabs to enforce limits, such as
the 40 grams a month that any adult will be able to
buy at pharmacies for any reason.