Uruguay became the first country to fully legalize marijuana

KIEV. July 19. UNN. Uruguay became the first country to have completely solved the production, sale and consumption of recreational marijuana, reports UNN with reference to Deutsche Welle.

On Wednesday, July 19, in pharmacies of Uruguay officially began selling marijuana in the final stage, the four-year program of legalization of cannabis.

The government has not yet agreed on the sale of marijuana with large pharmacy chains in the country. The production is only allowed two companies, they will work under the supervision of regulators.

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Now, in order to purchase cannabis at any pharmacy in the country, you need to be a citizen of Uruguay and to register. According to official data, on the appropriate records are already almost five thousand people, most of whom were men aged 30 to 44.