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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2162570/Uruguay-government-SELL-cannabis-citizens.html
Disturbed by growing narco crime...President Jose Mujica wants to legalize and supervise the production, selling and consumption of pot.
His proposed bill will set-up a registry of users...with 'acceptable consumption levels'...
about 40 cigarettes per month...and government paid addiction treatment for those who use more.
A tax on the pot will subsidize addiction treatments.
Mujica has been assured of the bill's quick passage.
Locals experts claim Uruguay could reap $750 million annually from the estimated 150,000 local consumers.
The nation has a population of only 3.3 million.
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