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Marijuana

Losing Patience With Legislators, Mexico's Supreme Court Orders Permits Allowing Consumers To Grow and Possess Marijuana

Six years after the court ruled that pot prohibition was unconstitutional, the Mexican Congress is still dithering about how to license and regulate commercial suppliers.

Jacob Sullum | 7.6.2021 1:15 PM

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Marijuana

The Israeli Government Plans to Legalize Marijuana

Depending on how soon Mexico acts, Israel could be the third country in the world to allow recreational use.

Jacob Sullum | 11.17.2020 2:25 PM

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Uruguay

Hope for Free Market Reform in Uruguay

President Luis Lacalle Pou's defense of free market capitalism—extremely rare in Latin America—is no coronavirus fluke.

Daniel Raisbeck | 9.24.2020 6:00 AM

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Uruguay

Will Uruguay's Luis Lacalle Pou Deliver Where Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro Has Faltered?

New hope for free market reform in Latin America.

Daniel Raisbeck | 7.3.2020 10:00 AM

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Hit & Run

Uruguay Marijuana Legalization May Not Last Past Next Year, Regulations Unsurprisingly Failing

Ed Krayewski | 10.17.2014 1:54 PM

Hit & Run

Uruguay Understands You Can't Tax Legal Weed If You Want to Undercut Black Market

Ed Krayewski | 5.23.2014 8:14 AM

Policy

Uruguay's Buttoned-Down Version of Marijuana Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2014 5:54 PM

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Hit & Run

Uruguay's President Lectures Americans on Cigarettes and Becoming a Bilingual Country

Recently signed a bill into law that legalized and regulated marijuana

Ed Krayewski | 5.12.2014 1:50 PM

Policy

Uruguay's President Signs Bill Legalizing Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 12.26.2013 12:08 PM

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War on Drugs

The Architect of Uruguay's Marijuana Legalization Speaks Out

"Current drug policy is disastrous. Doing nothing is not an option anymore," says Julio Calzada, one of the men behind Uruguay's drug revolution.

Jack Davies and Jan De Deken | 12.15.2013 12:00 PM

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Policy

UN Agency Pissed Off That Uruguay Legalized Marijuana

Jess Remington | 12.13.2013 10:10 AM

Policy

United Nations Says Uruguay's Legalization of Marijuana Violates International Law

Warning about addiction

Reason Staff | 12.12.2013 12:50 PM

War on Drugs

International Drug Warriors Say Uruguay Pot Legalization Breaks Treaties

Treating people like they have the right to their own bodies is apparently a bad thing

Reason Staff | 12.11.2013 4:20 PM

Policy

Uruguay Becomes the First Country to Legalize Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 12.10.2013 10:24 PM

War on Drugs

Uruguay Poised to Become First Country to Legalize Marijuana Sales

Senate expected to give final approval today

Reason Staff | 12.10.2013 3:40 PM

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Politics

Uruguay Plans to Impose Price Cap on Legal Marijuana at $1/Gram

Jess Remington | 10.22.2013 6:00 PM

War on Drugs

Uruguay to Sell Marijuana for $1 a Gram

Will be first country to license and tax production

Reason Staff | 10.21.2013 3:40 PM

Policy

First Gay Couple Weds in Uruguay

One of the men is near death

Reason Staff | 8.5.2013 7:30 PM

Politics

Uruguay's House of Representatives Votes To Legalize Marijuana

Bill now headed to the Senate, where it is expected to pass

Reason Staff | 8.1.2013 7:08 AM

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Civil Liberties

Sam and Frodo Can Finally Get Married

New Zealand approves same-sex marriage recognition

Scott Shackford | 4.17.2013 11:06 AM

Civil Liberties

Uruguay Legalizes Gay Marriage

Third country in the Americas to do so

Reason Staff | 4.11.2013 5:20 PM

War on Drugs

Uruguay's Government Fights Popular Opposition To Legalize Marijuana

As Americans suffer from the opposite problem

Reason Staff | 1.17.2013 5:10 PM

Politics

Uruguay's Lower House Approves Legalization of Gay Marriage

Bill headed to the Senate

Reason Staff | 12.12.2012 7:32 AM

Policy

Uruguay May Have Legal Pot Shops Before Colorado or Washington Does

Last week a bill legalizing production and distribution of marijuana was introduced in Uruguay's General Assembly.

Jacob Sullum | 11.19.2012 2:50 PM

War on Drugs

Uruguay Congress Debates Marijuana Legalization

The law would impose heavy regulation, which might not be a brilliant idea

Reason Staff | 11.16.2012 5:08 PM

Politics

Uruguay Congress Votes to Allow Abortion Up to Twelve Weeks

Passed by fifty votes to forty-nine

Reason Staff | 9.26.2012 2:12 PM

War on Drugs

Pot Plan Goes to Uruguay's Congress

Semi-legalization scheme would give the state a monopoly on marijuana

Reason Staff | 8.10.2012 9:08 PM

Policy

Fighting Against Richard Nixon's Drug War Now a Part of Uruguay's Foreign Policy as Government Moves Towards Being Monopoly Supplier of Marijuana Domestically

Ed Krayewski | 6.21.2012 5:11 PM

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