MARIJUANA : URUGUAY BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO LEGALISE MARIJUANA SMOKING AND DISTRIBUTION.

Uruguay in some hours ago , legalised the consumption and distribution of marijuana, becoming the first country in the world to legalise it.
Before the passing the bill wich brought it into law, it took a very strong heated debate which lasted for more than 12 hours in the house of senate, before making history as the first senate house in the world to legalise marijuana smoking and marketing.

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.
The government plans using it to help tackle drug cartels and thier criminal drug activities, so as to make the business a non-lucrative , but critics say it will expose more people to drugs.
The senator who presented the bill Senator Roberto Conde , tells why the bill needed to be passed into law, as he said,
"it was an unavoidable response to reality, given that the "war" against drugs had failed"

"We have the duty as the state to give a specific answer to an open territory, small and non-producing," where he also explains that their borders has been used for drug smuggling for ages, but, this will curtail or even stop it according to the senator.

But, an opposing senator, Senator Alfredo Solari , opposes it saying calling it an it an irresponsible experiment on the nations ethical value as he said;

"This project envisages a social engineering experiment and respects none of the ethic safeguards of experimentation on human beings, and these are important in the case of a substance like marijuana, which causes damage to human beings,"