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In our July 20 Facebook Live session, Senior Editor Mike LaSusa and Geoff Ramsey, a research and communications associate at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), discussed Uruguay‘s experience establishing a legal and regulated marijuana market, as well as the implications of this for organized crime and future discussions about drug policy… Read this
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Uruguayan authorities have arrested several suspects linked to Mexico crime group Los Cuinis, a move that could shed light on some previously obscure aspects of the organization’s international operations… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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I wrote a few months ago that legalizing marijuana in Uruguay could be a bad idea because gangs and drug traffickers might export cheap, price-controlled government pot for sale in foreign countries where it is illegal. Recently, Quartz had an interesting article that made me rethink the issue. Citing Paraguayan officials who say illegal pot from Paraguay will be
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Forget the nanny state. Get ready for the conservative freak-out about the drug-dealing nanny state. Uruguay has been moving toward full-on legalization of marijuana recently. Not just legalization, but state-controlled distribution of the drug. According to a recent article by AFP, the bill is expected to become law within the next few weeks and will take effect
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