Wow: Uruguay preparing to sell legal marijuana for $1 a gram in 2014

[warrior1]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/21/uruguay-preparing-to-legalize-and-regulate-marijuana-in-2014/

Uruguay is planning to start selling marijuana legally next year, a top official said, though the Senate must still approve the proposed legislation.

The country is hoping to act as a potential test case for an idea slowly gaining steam across Latin America — that the legalization and regulation of some drugs could sap the cartel violence devastating much of the region.

“The illegal market is very risky and offers poor quality,” National Drug Board chief Jose Calzada was quoted as saying in Sunday’s El Pais newspaper.

The state “will provide a safe place to buy, a good quality product and, moreover, will sell at a standard price.”

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[Scuba]

1. $28 per ounce, about the same as it cost here in 1968.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. In my locale

ordinary 'Mexican' cost $15/oz in the early '70s. 'Colombian' or 'Jamaican' was $20/oz, while you may pay as much as $25-$30/oz for 'Acapulco Gold' or 'Michoacan.'

[Shampoobra]

9. $10 an ounce here, in the mid-1970s, until this "new" stuff called "Columbian" came to town...

...and then it was $15 per quarter ounce. That quickly rose to $20 per quarter, until "KGB" (killer green bud) became the standard.

KGB debuted here at $25 per eighth ounce. It gradually rose in $5 increments until it peaked at $50 an eighth, but the price has slowly declined since that peak.

[EvilAL]

13. What about tiedstick?

You know, that stuff that's tied to a stick.

[Botany]

15. thai stick

[jmowreader]

21. And you call yourself a marijuana lover?

[EvilAL]

24. and that didn't even do nothing to me man

[DeSwiss]

19. Another country. :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_stick

[zeemike]

14. That I how I remember it too

15 for a "lid". which was a two finger size in a sandwich bag...it worked out to be about an ounce if it was hydrated a bit...later a pound of Columbian gold was 300 bucks.

[Jackpine Radical]

22. Yeah, back in the days when I thought $30 an ounce was

an incredibly inflated price for a "dime bag."

[UncleTomsEvilBrother]

2. Wow!

*wonders if I'll be able to log on to Dem Underground during my trip to Uruguay I just booked*

[Throd]

4. I predict widespread cannibalism there within six months.

At least, that is what my federal government has told me will happen.

[rhett o rick]

5. LOL, yeah, everyone will begin to look like large Cheetos. nm

[JBoy]

6. Bad shit will happen, of biblical proportions

[JaneyVee]

7. Time to renew my passport.

[kestrel91316]

8. Watch their tourism industry take a big leap forward, lol.

[Oilwellian]

10. I've never been to Uruguay

Hmmmm.

[Fumesucker]

25. But I kind of like the reefer

[Oilwellian]

27. I loved Three Dog Night, growing up

Their "Suitable For Framing" album was one of the first I ever bought. Thanks for the memories.

[Uncle Joe]

11. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, warrior.

[Snake Plissken]

12. This might start something big

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VhBBaPvHflQ/UIjgUdyIA6I/AAAAAAAALkY/b2tG6_ulZss/s1600/Fuck+war+let's+smoke+some+weed.jpg

[WinkyDink]

16. Yes. Tourism to Uruguay!

[NBachers]

17. Gotta rec this one- safe, good quality, standard price.

[DeSwiss]

18. K&R!

[Gravitycollapse]

20. Damn. Best I've ever managed was 12 dollars.

[Jackpine Radical]

23. Whaddya complaining about? Damn good price for that ditch weed you were pushing.

[SunSeeker]

26. When this kick starts the Uruguayan economy, other countries will copy them.

Of course, CA has the best bud in the world, so when we finally legalize it here, the party will be over for Uruguay.

[Oilwellian]

28. I have a cool uncle in Humboldt County