Matt Fecteau: Rhode Island, Uruguay, and Weed
I am currently in Uruguay, and it is an interesting experience. Uruguay doesn’t get a lot of tourists. There are more cows than people. Not too much to see, but in 2013, Uruguay did something seemingly incredible: it legalized recreational marijuana.
Uruguay was the first country in the world to legalize pot. Unlike countries such as the Netherlands which merely decriminalized marijuana, Uruguay went for full legalization. With the new law, in theory, criminals no longer have a monopoly on the recreational marijuana market.
Typically, when a pot smoking hears the word regulation or legalization of marijuana, they lite up a joint in honor of liberty and freedom. Well, don’t lite up just yet. There are many flavors of this ice cream.
Uruguay is not Colorado, and severe restrictions remain. A pot smoker has to register to smoke recreational marijuana. Marijuana can only be obtained by 1) growing up to...
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