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Uruguay Govt plans to become cannabis dealer

New Zealand Herald

Friday 22 Jun 2012

Uruguay's Government yesterday said it hopes to fight growing crime by selling cannabis to registered citizens, and will send a bill to Congress that would make it the first country in the world to do so.

Only the Government would be allowed to sell cannabis and only to adults who register on a database, letting officials track their purchases.

Minister of Defence Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro told reporters that the measure aims to weaken crime by removing profits from drug dealers and diverting users from harder drugs.

"It's a fight on both fronts: against consumption and drug trafficking. We think the prohibition of some drugs is creating more problems to society than the drug itself," Fernandez said.

Uruguayan newspapers have reported that money from taxes on cannabis would go towards rehabilitating drug addicts. The Government did not provide details.

There are no laws against cannabis use in Uruguay.

Some Uruguayans wondered how successful such a measure could be.

"People who consume are not going to buy it from the state," said Natalia Pereira, 28, adding that she smokes cannabis occasionally. "They're going to mistrust buying it from a place where you have to register and they can typecast you."

- AP

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