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Uruguay's Lower House passed a bill
to legalize this sale distribution and production
of marijuana you alright
do it real golf clap will slow Golf Club
I like that well possession
overall drugs is already legal in Uruguay
but this bill would go a step further any would license
sellers distributors and even individual growers marijuana
users could access marijuana in one of three ways:
they can grow up to six plants on their own with the license
join a licensed growing cooperative with up to 45 members
or obtain it from a licensed pharmacy while private crop companies can grow
marijuana
only the government will distribute it through its licensed pharmacies
and the bill prohibits sales to minors
driving under the influence and advertising now
would you want to take a guess as to why they did it it's really interesting
because it actually has nothing to do
with an argument from freedom and you know when are given you
guys have heard me make before I say what you should have a right to putting
your
body will you please as long as not hurting anybody else why not right
now they said they did quo to curb violence from the illicit drug market
you Cee Lo counter-intuitive doesn't it
in fact the president Uruguay Joe
movie how has been a major force behind the bill arguing that it will quote
spore your the black market by selling it a lot cheaper
now a see this is the part that the conservatives don't understand
and all the evidence is there when you legalize a substance
there's no more there's gonna be no more violent crime associated with that
substance
reason being well
instead of people when they have a disagreement fighting it out with tommy
guns like what happened in
nineteen-thirties with a prohibition in the United States
know what'll happen is Rd opposite what happen is don't go to
core consumer each other so if they will be so well as opposed to being
on civil because you can legalize and regulate and tax it
and it all this on the black market rise up who's gonna go by
some you know for alcohol made in a bathtub cut with
but toxic chemicals when they could buy it at a bar word safe
same thing goes or the exact same argument applies to marijuana and other
drugs as well
so arm the bill is expected to easily passed the Senate
and this would make your why the first country to create a legal
regulated marijuana industry in the Netherlands it's still
illegal but there's what's called a tolerance policy so it's more or less
allowed
and Portugal abolished criminal penalties for possession
%uh all drugs in 2001 and refers those
arrested for addiction assessments was treated like
a medical issue not like a criminal issue and what we have seen in those
countries
lower violent crime rates lower addiction rates
ended lower drug use trains wins all around
good for your why moving in the right direction hopefully we will follow suit