Tag: Uruguay

Uruguay’s Medical Cannabis Industry To Expand Via Authorization Of ‘Master Formulas’

Written by Hazel Norman on March 5, 2023. Posted in Business, Policy, Science.

Uruguay was the first country to ever pass and implement a national adult-use legalization measure. Lawmakers initially passed a legalization measure back in 2013, and regulated adult-use sales via...

Is Uruguay’s Cannabis Industry About To Evolve?

Written by Hazel Norman on January 14, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Over nine years ago Uruguay made history after passing the world’s first-ever national adult-use cannabis legalization measure. In December 2013 Uruguay’s President José Mujica signed a...

The Amount Of Legal Cannabis Planted In Greenhouses In Uruguay Nearly Doubled In A Year

Written by Hazel Norman on January 4, 2023. Posted in Business, Policy.

Uruguay’s legal cannabis industry may not be as large as industries in other nations, however, it will always hold the distinction of being the first regulated national adult-use cannabis industry...

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Higher THC Percentages Are Finally Coming To Pharmacies In Uruguay

Written by Johnny Green on December 11, 2022. Posted in Policy.

One of my biggest cannabis public policy pet peeves is when governments institute THC percentage caps on products, primarily due to the negative impact it has on the suffering patients that desperately...

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Senator Proposes Cannabis Tax In Uruguay

Written by Johnny Green on July 18, 2022. Posted in Policy.

Uruguay will forever hold the title of being the first country on earth to pass a nationwide adult-use cannabis legalization measure. Lawmakers in Uruguay made the historic move in 2013, with regulated...

Why Uruguay’s President Is Wrong About Cannabis

Written by Johnny Green on June 4, 2022. Posted in Policy.

Late last week the President of Uruguay, Luis Lacaille Pou, reportedly stated that it was a mistake for Uruguay to have passed an adult-use legalization measure back in 2013, and subsequently, launched...

No Sustained Changes In Uruguay Youth Cannabis Use After Legalization

Written by Johnny Green on May 9, 2022. Posted in Archives, Policy.

Uruguay will forever hold the distinction of being the first country on earth to pass an adult-use cannabis legalization measure. Uruguay made the historic policy change in 2013. Nearly a decade later,...

Which Country Has ‘The Best’ Cannabis Legalization Model?

Written by Johnny Green on April 27, 2022. Posted in Politics.

Cannabis prohibition, thankfully, has not always existed. For thousands of years, humans used the cannabis plant for various purposes, and it was only in the 1900s that cannabis prohibition first became...

Uruguay Likely To Allow Legal Cannabis Sales To Tourists

Written by Johnny Green on September 14, 2021. Posted in Politics.

Uruguay made history in 2013 when it became the first country on the planet to legalize cannabis for adult use. Various countries had enacted cannabis decriminalization measures prior to 2013, or cannabis...