Legal Cannabis in Uruguay

A first step

Uruguay has taken a first step by authorizing the sale of recreational cannabis in pharmacies. A timid step, with a few pharmacies and small packages of 5 and 10 grams, weekly limit purchase and low doses.

There are two varieties: Alpha 1 and Beta 1. One contains 2% Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and 7% Cannabidiol (CBD).

The second one has a percentage of THC identical to the previous one, but it has 6% of CBD and is of Sativa variety. .

I clarify for those who do not know that cannabis (also called marihuana) has been cultivated since 5,000 years ago and was considered a sacred plant for a long time, it was even ingested by the Buddha during his fasts.

The demonization of cannabis is an example of the immense prejudices and ignorances of the repressive elites worldwide.

Curiously, this timid passage of Uruguay is considered revolutionary in the rest of the world, demonstrating the uninformed obsession of international political and police bureaucracies.

Predictably, in less than a day the stocks were exhausted.

Although Uruguay has made progress on this issue, there remains a complete lack of information (and a great many prejudices) on a large part of the Uruguayan population, which to some extent thinks that production and consumption should not be legalized.

Personally I am not a smoker of marijuana or tobacco but I registered as a buyer to express my support for this attempt and my total opposition to the biased and cruel prohibitionism.

I also plan to consume cannabis as part of the diet (for example in infusion or other forms which I will see).

I refer to a book I published more than 15 years ago on the subject of drugs (including cannabis) entitled "Peoples, Drugs and Serpents" by Piriguazú Editions that can be requested from dantonster@gmail.com