Uruguay’s Marijuana Law Turns Pharmacists Into Dealers<br />Mujica said that Worse than drug addiction is drug trafficking,<br />Eduardo Blasina said that The great responsibility we have in Uruguay is to show the world<br />that this system of freedom with regulation works better than prohibition,<br />Hannah Hetzer said that This follows from increasing momentum by leaders in Latin America in calling for alternatives to the war on drugs,<br />Alejandro Antalich said that These are measures designed to help people who are already users without encouraging others who don’t consume,<br />As American states legalize marijuana and governments in the hemisphere rethink the fight against drugs, Uruguay is taking a significant<br />step further: It is the first nation in the world to fully legalize the production and sale of marijuana for recreational use.<br />Juan José Rodríguez, who has run an independent pharmacy with his wife here in the<br />capital, Montevideo, for 17 years, said the law put Uruguay on a dangerous course.
