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Uruguay Recreational Cannabis Sales to Begin by Early 2016

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 08/13/2015 - 09:05

Updates out of Uruguay suggest the long-awaited sale of recreational marijuana will now begin in 2016, a little over two years after the groundbreaking legislation was passed.

Speaking before an audience in Buenos Aires last month, Milton Romani, the secretary general of Uruguay's National Drugs Board (JND), stated that unfounded concerns President Tabare Vazquez would veto legislation legalizing cannabis were simply not true, and that the model for cultivating and dispensing marijuana for recreational use should come into force if not by Christmas 2015, then soon after, reported Cronica.

Earlier this year, it was believed that retail sales could begin in the summer, with reports indicating that the Institute for the Regulation and Control of Cannabis (IRCCA) had already chosen the five companies to grow cannabis on state-owned land. However, according to El Espectador, as of July the process of selecting the companies was still ongoing along with negotiations with pharmacies where cannabis will...

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