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[Chichikov]

There is more democracy in your community rest room.

Uruguay has 30 senators for a country of 3.3 million people, or a senator for 110k people.
That's pretty damn reasonable for an upper house (and much better than the US house or representative, let alone the senate).

 

[Shawsie64]

Marijuana tourism begins!

Yeah yeah the Netherlands, Jamaica, etc. were previous destinations, but Uruguay has it fully legalized now. Lets see how this experiment goes

You need to be a citizen to purchase Marijuana in Uruguay

 

[Bodacious]

You need to be a citizen to purchase Marijuana in Uruguay

And none of them would ever consider selling any of it to the cash-laden hordes soon to be visiting their country.

 

[Scrabble]

I'm torn on this issue, while I don't like the hypocrisy that marijuana is illegal and cigarettes/alcohol aren't, I'd rather we move forward to reduce usage of current toxins instead of legalizing already banned substances.

toxins? Let's just forget for a moment that calling something like weed a "toxin" is completely laughable, people should have the responsibility and freedom to put whatever they want into their body.

 

[Buzzman]

people should have the responsibility and freedom to put whatever they want into their body.

Too bad it often also affects people around them. Second-hand smoking and drunk driving/domestic violence is not a choice that most people get to make.

 

[Plasmid]

Too bad it often also affects people around them. Second-hand smoking and drunk driving/domestic violence is not a choice that most people get to make.

I can tell you have never smoked because NO ONE is gonna smoke weed and beat their spouse.

 

[billy beane]

Too bad it often also affects people around them. Second-hand smoking and drunk driving/domestic violence is not a choice that most people get to make.

Nobody commits domestic violence when high silly. They're too high to get up off the couch.

 

[h1nch]

Too bad it often also affects people around them. Second-hand smoking and drunk driving/domestic violence is not a choice that most people get to make.

Do you believe the supposed effects of cannabis use on those who don't consume are enough to justify the current legal status of consumption/possession?

 

[PoweredBySoy]

Ohhhhhh, so close.

 

[Durask]

I can tell you have never smoked because NO ONE is gonna smoke weed and beat their spouse.

The original poster did not say "weed", he said "people should have the responsibility and freedom to put whatever they want into their body"

I find it kinda amusing because the obesity epidemic shows that we cannot trust a huge percentage of people with goddamn FOOD.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Too bad it often also affects people around them. Second-hand smoking and drunk driving/domestic violence is not a choice that most people get to make.

Tell you what, find me 20 articles on some guys beating their wife because they were high as a kite off weed.

 

[Fury Sense]

let the race begin.

mega industry about to boom as regulations drop worldwide

 

[demon]

Good for them. Criminalizing marijuana does far more harm than marijuana itself. It's a no-brainer.

 

[Buzzman]

I can tell you have never smoked because NO ONE is gonna smoke weed and beat their spouse.

Nobody commits domestic violence when high silly. They're too high to get up off the couch.

In the case of THC no, I was more listing examples for alcohol and tobacco.

Do you believe the supposed effects of cannabis use on those who don't consume are enough to justify the current legal status of consumption/possession?

If you're talking about the U.S, absolutely not. It is a tool used to systematically oppress poor (black) people and add cheap labour to private prisons.

 

[h1nch]

In the case of THC no, I was more listing examples for alcohol and tobacco.


If you're talking about the U.S, absolutely not. It is a tool used to systematically oppress poor (black) people and add cheap labour to private prisons.

Right on. Just wanted to clarify. I figured you were more referring to alcohol/tobacco.

What's interesting to me (and further shows how a legalize/regulate model is the way to go) is that tobacco use has dropped significantly over the past several decades through education and tight regulations on where people can smoke.

With regards to cannabis legalization, I think it's reasonable to maintain location restrictions that are at least as strict as cigarette use, as long as laws allow for specific places to smoke, not unlike the cannabis coffee shops found in the Netherlands.

The fact that Denver considered outlawing cannabis consumption on one's front porch was a bit ridiculous. I'm glad to see they backed off of that.

 

[Diddy Kong]

Fuck yeah Uruguay!

 

[masud]

50 don't smoke.

Hasn't since before he blew up.




Marketing.

But he smokes that good shit and he's on some hood shit???

 

[Manu]

Sup salsa

U got an extra room

Isn't Salsa Chilean?

Good on Uruguay, I should go pay our neighbors a visit sometime.

 

[Hunter S.]

Welcome to the Club! :-D

 

[Salsa]

sup

Isn't Salsa Chilean?

nah

Welcome to the Club! :-D

what club? afaik this is the first time this is happening in any country, to this scale

 

[perfectchaos007]

Que paso Salsa? te gusta la cesped verde?

( you like the green grass? )

Sorry I haven't taken a spanish class in 4 years. Its better to try than to not try at all thats the motto i follow.

But seriously, enjoy your new freedom!

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

Heh. Why does the classic Simpsons never age?

 

[Gorger]

With this guy as president;
José Mujica

He has been described as "the world's 'poorest' president", as he donates around 90 percent of his $12,000 monthly salary to charities to benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs.

No wonder great things happen.

 

[KillerTravis]

Looks like the Senate was going straight to the after party.

 

[Hunter S.]

sup



nah



what club? afaik this is the first time this is happening in any country, to this scale

Why so serious? If you do not know you must not know where I live.

 

[IISANDERII]

Sweet temptress, our love will not be forbidden for much longer.

 

[-Eddman-]

Salsa please adopt me. Uruguay seems like such a cool country, before and after this weed law

 

[Mesousa]

They probably do have old white men in power ... population is 86% white per wikipedia, which really surprised me.

Like white white, or Brazil "I had one kinda white great grand parent so I am going to check white on every form" white?

 

[Reversed]

The outcomes of this legalization will be used for future discussion. And whether they're good or bad, I'm glad it's happening for the basis of decision making.

 

[CountAntonius]

 

[Chichikov]

They probably do have old white men in power ... population is 86% white per wikipedia, which really surprised me.

They were really good at massacring the native population, to the point of complete extinction.

 

[jerry1594]

Only because they don't have old white men in power who look out for their interests first, ahead of what makes sense for the country as a whole.

One day.

Uruguay is almost all white people and the president is an old white man.

They were really good at massacring the native population, to the point of complete extinction.

No, the territory was largely uninhabited save for the Charrúa tribe, which was driven south by the Guaraní.

 

[Walshicus]

The original poster did not say "weed", he said "people should have the responsibility and freedom to put whatever they want into their body"

I find it kinda amusing because the obesity epidemic shows that we cannot trust a huge percentage of people with goddamn FOOD.

Then tax bad food and subsidise good food.

It's immoral that governments legislate against personal consumption.

 

[Chichikov]

No, the territory was largely uninhabited save for the Charrúa tribe, which was driven south by the Guaraní.

South of Uruguay is pretty much the ocean.
It is thought that they we're driven south into Uruguay, but that happened way before white people set foot in the Americas..

There is even a holiday in Uruguay commemorating the genocide of them.

 

[Triple Da G.O.D!]

2nd post in. Go, GAF, Go!

 

[Mr.Swag]

Sometimes I just ask my self.
Wtf would happen if I just moved to another country?
Can I handle never seeing my loved ones again?
Just the fact the I look at moving away as an actual possibility makes me feel that, yes, I can just never see my loved ones again.
I can always start over. Still young as fuck.

 

[YoungHav]

Expect the US to invoke hidden nukes or Al Queda in Uruguay within the decade.

 

[Nyx]

Smartest country in the world.

 

[cyberheater]

I hope it's just the normal stuff they are cultivating because that stuff I smoked in Amsterdam just knocked me sideways. I was with the wife as well, in the middle of the afternoon on a blazingly hot summers day and all I wanted to do was to lie down somewhere dark and quiet.
I did eventually get my shit together. But that stuff was way too powerful.

 

[Nyx]

I hope it's just the normal stuff they are cultivating because that stuff I smoked in Amsterdam just knocked me sideways. I was with the wife as well, in the middle of the afternoon on a blazingly hot summers day and all I wanted to do was to lie down somewhere dark and quiet.
I did eventually get my shit together. But that stuff was way too powerful.

Ah, the usual tourist suspect. ;-)

 

[cyberheater]

Ah, the usual tourist suspect. ;-)

It was bad man. I rolled a 3 paper and halfway through it I knew something was wrong. I went straight from a mild buzz to a near whitey.
The misses kept looking at me and asking if I was alright. This is around 2 in the afternoon and we had the rest of the day planned visiting cultural stuff and that.
I had to dig really deep to hold onto my fudge but I pulled through. What the fuck was they putting in that stuff. It was mental.

 

[CTE]

I hope it's just the normal stuff they are cultivating because that stuff I smoked in Amsterdam just knocked me sideways. I was with the wife as well, in the middle of the afternoon on a blazingly hot summers day and all I wanted to do was to lie down somewhere dark and quiet.
I did eventually get my shit together. But that stuff was way too powerful.

Next time just have one toke and walk away.

Edit - You greened out hard. I only do that when I have too much dabs nowadays. Never fun, but it makes you respect the power of the herb again.

 

[The Living Tribunal]

 

[cyberheater]

Next time just have one toke and walk away.

Edit - You greened out hard. I only do that when I have too much dabs nowadays. Never fun, but it makes you respect the power of the herb again.

Yes I did. They gave me a menu to look at and I choose Northern Lights. It sounded innocuous enough. Boy was I wrong.

 

[May16]

Well it's about time!

 

[Vagabundo]

Geeze, that's a lot of replies. I'll say this, I think that making it legal and heavily regulating it is the way to go purely because it means less money goes to criminals. The reason I don't like it is because it's still a recreational poison that can cause harm. And legalizing it will make more people use it, but I guess it's worth it so in the long run we can minimize the damage it does.

Way to ruin the Buzz Man.

 

[Platy]

Theoricaly legalizing it will make it more expensive, so less people will consume in ridiculous amounts =P

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/09/uruguay-legalizes-marijua_n_4415245.html

"Today is an historic day. Many countries of Latin America, and many governments, will take this law as an example," cheered Sen. Constanza Moreira, voting with the Broad Front majority.

Yeah, like how every other Latin America country has followed Argentina's revolutionary gender law =/

 

[Bad_Boy]

1 dollar a gram? Wow.

No words. Just wow.

 

[Salsa]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/conzpreti/reasons-why-you-need-to-move-to-uruguay-in-2014

 

[Valnen]

It's pathetic that this is even news worthy in 2013. Humanity still has a long way to go.