Uruguay legalises marijuana trade

Thrill

Uruguay Senate approves bill legalising marijuana trade

Uruguay has become the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana.


After nearly 12 hours of debate, senators gave the government-sponsored bill their historic final approval.


The law allowing registered Uruguayans over 18 to buy up to 40g (1,4oz) of the drug a month is not expected to come into force before April.

Registered users can grow up to six plants at home

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25328656

Didnt see that coming, Uruguay becoming the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana.

What do you lot reckon, an isolated thing or will other countries fold and follow suit?

mikom

Thrill wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25328656

Didnt see that coming, Uruguay becoming the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana.

What do you lot reckon, an isolated thing or will other countries fold and follow suit?

Well, that's the United Nations international drug control treaty from 1961 broken.
More countries will follow.

HomelessMidge

mikom wrote: »

Well, that's the United Nations international drug control treaty from 1961 broken.
More countries will follow.

Hopefully A LOT more countries will follow. Don't smoke myself but seriously what's the bloody problem with it! Control and regulate!

mikom

HomelessMidge wrote: »

Hopefully A LOT more countries will follow. Don't smoke myself but seriously what's the bloody problem with it! Control and regulate!

http://i.imgur.com/KpjdF14.png

zenno

This is only the start. More will follow.

I might Emigrate to Uruguay, sounds like a nice place. Will have to sleep on it.





Times are a changin

MadsL

Proactive attempt to become cool after endless U R a Gay jokes.

Billy86

HomelessMidge wrote: »

Hopefully A LOT more countries will follow. Don't smoke myself but seriously what's the bloody problem with it! Control and regulate!

What ISN'T the problem with it??

KTRIC

Have tried good stuff when I was younger and found it wasn't for me but I'm totally behind it's legalisation. Good for Uruguay, hopefully others will follow suit.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

hopefully signals the baby steps towards ending the drug war altogether, not justs the marijuana aspect of it

too many lives ruined and too many governments using it as an excuse to **** up poor people

pundy

Great news.... New holiday destination on the list now

weisses

About time













looks for a career-change and move to Uruguay .... Ya man

LOSTfan57

Guess Uruguayans got off the high horse and instead actually got on the horse high

_Redzer_

Can weed threads be banned along with religious ones. This thread has been done to death

BraziliaNZ

Good news for England in the world cup!

MonstaMash

_Redzer_ wrote: »

Can weed threads be banned along with religious ones. This thread has been done to death

Don't like the tread content, don't participate...simples :P

TheMza

This news and the fact it is the homeland of the one and only Luis Suarez makes me want to move to Montevideo!

JJJJNR

It will never be legalised fully anywhere as the banking industry are making to much money off the drug cartels.

Holsten

Good.

Miprocin

JJJJNR wrote: »

It will never be legalised fully anywhere as the banking industry are making to much money off the drug cartels.

It just has been in Uruguay.

Billy86

TheMza wrote: »

This news and the fact it is the homeland of the one and only Luis Suarez makes me want to move to Montevideo!

Why, you feeling a bit peckish?

Diego, now there's a legend.

TheMza

Peckish after smoking perhaps, I'll leave the biting to El Pistolero

BraziliaNZ

They've lovely beef too

o1s1n

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

They've lovely beef too

Soon to become lovelier. :pac:

_Redzer_

MonstaMash wrote: »

Don't like the tread content, don't participate...simples :P

True, but just like the one last month and the month before it's just going to be the same exact discussion.

"We should legalise weed!"

"Yeah, we should."

Thread.

Daqster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZaiLANtEq4

mikom

From RTE.ie..........

Other countries have decriminalised marijuana possession and the Netherlands allows its sale in coffee shops, but Uruguay will be the first nation to legalise the whole chain from growing the plant to buying and selling its leaves.

They only understand coke in RTE it seems.
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woodoo

Right time to invest in shares for whoever sells crisps in Uruguay.

Wattle

I think as long as society doesn't collapse then other countries will follow suit. It happened in Portugal and their rates of consumption went down. Mind you the way in which Ming's bill was dismissed means its not going to happen here anytime soon.

renegademaster

Thrill wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25328656

Didnt see that coming, Uruguay becoming the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana.

What do you lot reckon, an isolated thing or will other countries fold and follow suit?

it's called the domino effect and yes other countries will have to follow suit, starting with the neighbouring countries and spreading out, yey for dominos

Holsten

How come it hasn't happened in countries next to Portugal or The Netherlands?

Or has it? I don't really know the laws.

Just checked;

Germany: The possession of small amounts is prosecuted, but charges are virtually always dropped.
Belgium: For adults over the age of 16, in Belgium, consumption in one's home and possession of quantities of up to 3 grams or one female plant is legal and tolerated
Spain: Growing the plant on private property for personal use, and consumption by adults in a private space is not illegal

Interesting.

renegademaster

_Redzer_ wrote: »

Can weed threads be banned along with religious ones. This thread has been done to death

really, so how many other countries have given the 2 fingers to the american instugated war on weed from 52 years ago?? as far as i knew this was the very first thread regarding a whole nation legalising da weed

renegademaster

Wattle wrote: »

I think as long as society doesn't collapse then other countries will follow suit. It happened in Portugal and their rates of consumption went down. Mind you the way in which Ming's bill was dismissed means its not going to happen here anytime soon.

we got a 12 minute "debate" whereas the Uruguayans get 12 hours!!

Billy86

Holsten wrote: »

Spain: Growing the plant on private property for personal use, and consumption by adults in a private space is not illegal

I think British Colombia (ahem... 'BC') and South Australia have similar laws to that, not 100% definite mind.

MadsL

_Redzer_ wrote: »

Can weed threads be banned along with religious ones. This thread has been done to death

Yes, the other zero threads on Uruguay were really boring.

Wattle wrote: »

I think as long as society doesn't collapse then other countries will follow suit. It happened in Portugal and their rates of consumption went down. Mind you the way in which Ming's bill was dismissed means its not going to happen here anytime soon.

I think that had a lot to do with Ming's badly thought out, badly publicised bill rather than any deep set opposition.

MadsL

Billy86 wrote: »

Diego, now there's a legend.

The problem with Arsenal is they always try to walk it in.

Gbear

Insane laws based on bull**** can't last forever.

The rest of the world will follow suit, sooner or later.

Wattle

Billy86 wrote: »

I think British Colombia (ahem... 'BC') and South Australia have similar laws to that, not 100% definite mind.

Yes having been in both I can confirm that smoking the odd joint is not a big deal.

elefant

JJJJNR wrote: »

It will never be legalised fully anywhere as the banking industry are making to much money off the drug cartels.

What a bizarre post in a thread entitled 'Uruguay legalises marijuana trade' !

wp_rathead

It is clear that prohibition on marijuana isn't working, just puts untaxed money in the pockets of criminals and makes otherwise law abiding citizens into felons

Be interesting to see how crime rates react in Uruguay now - hope can be used that legalisation will help deter criminality

And before anyone asks, no I don't bother with the stuff myself, like to stick to my pints but it is so easy to get it is laughable

Problem if ever did have a proper debate you would have the "Joe Duffy Brigade" ringing up giving out stink about "My young Jimmy took 5 pills and put his head up a ducks arse and suffocated so all drugs should be illegal"

Wattle

MadsL wrote: »

I think that had a lot to do with Ming's badly thought out, badly publicised bill rather than any deep set opposition.

111 to 8 makes me think that they had their minds made up no matter how brilliant the presentation was. And the level of debate from the anti side was a joke. They wheeled out every single discredited argument and made up a few of their own for good measure.

biko

Fair play to them.
I'm sure other countries will monitor them and make an informed decision based on the findings.

Billy86

MadsL wrote: »

The problem with Arsenal is they always try to walk it in.

Diego would have sorted it out! In the 2010 World Cup he mocked the idea of taking the ball inside the box. )

In 1991, his sister Alejandra, who is five years older than Diego, was left paralyzed, following a terrible car accident that killed her boyfriend.

After that devastating accident, Forlan – then 12 years old – decided where his life was going, and pledged to earn enough money from his football career that he could take care of her health bills and get her the best doctors – for the rest of her life.

He is a founding member of the Fundación Alejandra Forlán, set up with his paralyzed sister, and he has become an outspoken critic of dangerous driving.

To be successful to help his injured sister, is one reason why he has practiced his free kicks, and other skills throughout his career – well after the other players have left the training field, and it’s not a coincidence that he’s so good at those free-kicks.

After the accident Forlan’s sister Alejandra. was quoted as saying:

“The first thing he told me when I was lying in the hospital was that he would be a famous football player and make money to get me the best doctors in the world.”

His wife isn't so bad either.

mikom

biko wrote: »

Fair play to them.
I'm sure other countries will monitor them and make an informed decision based on the findings.

Meanwhile..........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6k9sohbulg

MadsL

mikom wrote: »

Meanwhile..........

Ah well then. That's that settled.

Gbear

Wattle wrote: »

111 to 8 makes me think that they had their minds made up no matter how brilliant the presentation was. And the level of debate from the anti side was a joke. They wheeled out every single discredited argument and made up a few of their own for good measure.

I suspect it's a little from column A, a little from column B.

While Flanagan is on the right track he's an absolute clown and makes it difficult for anyone who might've otherwise considered changing their position to do so.

He's a terrible advocate for legalisation.

diograis

guys doritos shares, GO