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Members of Uruguay's House of Representatives have passed a bill to legalise marijuana.

If it goes on to be approved by the Senate, Uruguay will become the first country to regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana.

The state would assume "the control and regulation of the importation, exportation, plantation, cultivation, the harvest, the production, the acquisition, the storage, the commercialisation and the distribution of cannabis and its by-products".

Buyers would have to be registered on a database and be over the age of 18. They would be able to buy up to 40g (1.4oz) per month in specially licensed pharmacies or grow up to six plants at home.

Foreigners would be excluded from the measure.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23516966
 
Just a matter of time for most of the rest of the world.
 
VanillaGorilla said:
Now to become a citizen of Uruguay..
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Easy. Own some property there, have some income and your in. Speak Spanish and become a citizen. They have a Constitution and they seem to follow it Seems like a pretty nice place.
 
can you own property there? i know in mexico you have to go through fiduciary trust or something like that.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
can you own property there? i know in mexico you have to go through fiduciary trust or something like that.
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From what I have read, you can. I plan on spending some time in Punta del Este next year, we shall see.
 
donkiez said:
Its actually a very popular retirement place for US expats. Beautiful country and cheap living. I want to retire there.
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I have heard that. I read an article recently and it seems like the place to be.
 
Also:

LGBT rights in Uruguay are among the most liberal in South America. Same-sex sexual activity is legal, anti-discrimination laws are in place, and gays and lesbians are allowed to serve openly in the military. Furthermore, same-sex couples (as of August 1, 2013) can enter into civil marriages in accordance with the nation's same-sex marriage law passed in April of that year.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Uruguay

Abortion in Uruguay was legalized on request.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Uruguay
 
Mediocre Man said:
So basically it's a country trying to become a modern day sodom and/or gomorrah
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There is a difference between legalizing something and promoting a behaviour.

We should find a way to rank countries by how much their citzens sin.
 
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¹²³ said:
There is a difference between legalizing something and promoting a behaviour.

We should find a way to rank countries by how much their citzens sin.
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Define sin. Is sin having sex without a baby as "punishment"? Or is sin mass murder? Gay folks getting married? Or rape as weapon of war? Which country has more sin, Holland or Sudan?
 
crandc said:
Define sin. Is sin having sex without a baby as "punishment"? Or is sin mass murder? Gay folks getting married? Or rape as weapon of war? Which country has more sin, Holland or Sudan?
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I'm no expert in sins, I'm agnostic and I don't follow any religion, but I would love to hear from someone who knows about their religion to answer me this.
 
South America just seems so volatile. There are a couple of places that seem very nice, but I guess I'm paranoid about the instability of the region.

Have you guys ever checked out Curatiba, Brazil?
 
Natebishop3 said:
South America just seems so volatile. There are a couple of places that seem very nice, but I guess I'm paranoid about the instability of the region.

Have you guys ever checked out Curatiba, Brazil?
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Actually it's Curitiba. And, being brazilian, I've been there a couple of times, cool place, more Europeanized than most citys around here, good size (not so big as São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro, and not so small that you feel like living in coutryside, it's pretty urban).

What do you mean by instability of the region?
 
From the US, it seems so 3rd world..kind of like Mexico. Bunch of crazy shit, uncivillized, etc.
 
¹²³ said:
Actually it's Curitiba. And, being brazilian, I've been there a couple of times, cool place, more Europeanized than most citys around here, good size (not so big as São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro, and not so small that you feel like living in coutryside, it's pretty urban).

What do you mean by instability of the region?
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Kidnappings, drug cartels, corrupt governments, US interference. Not saying Uruguay specifically, but it seems like one South American country or another is going through some kind of upheaval every few years.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
From the US, it seems so 3rd world..kind of like Mexico. Bunch of crazy shit, uncivillized, etc.
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Natebishop3 said:
Kidnappings, drug cartels, corrupt governments, US interference. Not saying Uruguay specifically, but it seems like one South American country or another is going through some kind of upheaval every few years.
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Every country in South America is actually pretty different and has an unique set of problems. Brazil is so big that you can find realities completly different inside the same country. Anyway, I would venture that Uruguay and to some extent Brazil are pretty stable (we didn't have any type of political upheaval in the last 25 years and I doubt we'll see any in the next 25 too), US influence is much more controlled nowadays. But off course, from an USA perspective, corruption, poverty, violence and stuff like that are much worse.
 
¹²³ said:
Every country in South America is actually pretty different and has an unique set of problems. Brazil is so big that you can find realities completly different inside the same country. Anyway, I would venture that Uruguay and to some extent Brazil are pretty stable (we didn't have any type of political upheaval in the last 25 years and I doubt we'll see any in the next 25 too), US influence is much more controlled nowadays. But off course, from an USA perspective, corruption, poverty, violence and stuff like that are much worse.
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Mostly because that's all we ever hear about up here. The favelas and the brutal murders. The last story I heard about Brazil was about the assault and rape of a tourist couple. They beat the husband and forced him to watch while they raped the wife on a bus or something like that. I'm sure the same could be said about the US. All anyone hears about is our police brutality and our horrible government.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Mostly because that's all we ever hear about up here. The favelas and the brutal murders. The last story I heard about Brazil was about the assault and rape of a tourist couple. They beat the husband and forced him to watch while they raped the wife on a bus or something like that. I'm sure the same could be said about the US. All anyone hears about is our police brutality and our horrible government.
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Yes. I would say Brazil is more violent than the US, but Uruguay is probalby safer than both.
 
¹²³ said:
Every country in South America is actually pretty different and has an unique set of problems. Brazil is so big that you can find realities completly different inside the same country. Anyway, I would venture that Uruguay and to some extent Brazil are pretty stable (we didn't have any type of political upheaval in the last 25 years and I doubt we'll see any in the next 25 too), US influence is much more controlled nowadays. But off course, from an USA perspective, corruption, poverty, violence and stuff like that are much worse.
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can you flush your toilet paper in the toilet, or do you have to put it in a trash can?
 
weed has been legal in mendicino county california for a decade

big whoop
 
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