BY MALENA CASTALDI AND FELIPE LLAMBIAS
(Montevideo, Uruguay) - (Reuters) - Uruguay became the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana on Tuesday, a pioneering social experiment that will be closely watched by other nations debating drug liberalization.
A government-sponsored bill approved by 16-13 votes in the Senate provides for regulation of the cultivation, distribution and consumption of marijuana and is aimed at wresting the business from criminals in the small South American nation.
Backers of the law, some smoking joints, gathered near Congress holding green balloons, Jamaican flags in homage to Bob Marley and a sign saying: "Cultivating freedom, Uruguay grows."
Cannabis consumers will be able to buy a maximum of 40 grams (1.4 ounces) each month from licensed pharmacies as long as they are Uruguayan residents over the age of 18 and registered on a government database that will monitor their monthly purchases.
When the law is implemented in 120 days, Uruguayans will be able to grow six marijuana plants in their homes a year, or as much as 480 grams (about 17 ounces), and form smoking clubs of 15 to 45 members that can grow up to 99 plants per year.
The first domino in the worldwide war against cannabis has fallen! Uruguay spearheads the offensive against all the morons that say that this plant is a harmful drug, and in the process generates millions of pesos or whatever they use in Uruguay that can be federally tax regulated.
Imagine the celebration that these hippies in Uruguay must have had. 15 paper joints, movie marathons, and all you could eat buffets. That day alone must have generated at least a billion dollars in the potato chip industry. Hospitals were probably empty except for that one dumbass that probably wanted to see what it was like to stick his whole fist in his mouth.
Next step: Europe.
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