Nations come knocking on Uruguay’s door to buy cannabis

[Judi Lynn]

Nations come knocking on Uruguay’s door to buy cannabis

Canada, Chile and Israel express interest in purchasing marijuana for medicinal purposes

Alejandro Rebossio Buenos Aires 7 ENE 2014 - 17:42 CET


Pharmacies in Canada, Chile and Israel have been lining up to inquire about the possibilities of purchasing marijuana from the government of Uruguay, which just two weeks ago became the first country in the world to legalize the sale and harvest of cannabis for its citizens.

Uruguay’s experiment to begin regulating marijuana sales is in response to the failed policies and laws aimed at cracking down on the drug trade, President José Mujica has insisted.

According to the Montevideo daily El Observador, government officials and laboratories in Canada, as well as pharmaceutical companies in Chile and Israel, have contacted the Mujica administration to begin holding talks on the purchase of marijuana supplies to be used in those countries for medicinal purposes.

The controversial law, which was passed last month despite fierce opposition, does not address export sales of cannabis but nor does it prohibit them.

More:
http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/01/07/inenglish/1389112706_401489.html

[Voice for Peace]

1. I have a dream.. that the pot growers who have been perfecting this art will become the new rich and

powerful of the world.

[MADem]

2. Will become? They're already quite rich.

They will get richer, no doubt.

[Voice for Peace]

3. they will get really, really REALLY rich if they do things right, and aren't absorbed by Big Smoke

[MADem]

4. Who knows how it will work out, but I think, eventually, that it will be a bifurcated industry.

There will be a "Big Smoke" contingent and a "craft smokery" contingent, I think.

People who want convenience will buy their "Marlboros" and people who want artsy-fartsy stuff will buy the "home grown/hand raised" type stuff.