Uruguay president defends 'cutting edge' pot legalization vote

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Uruguay president defends 'cutting edge' pot legalization vote

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uruguay-president-defends-cutting-edge-pot-legalization-vote-174152083.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lxZApjB38lFGOP_ZUwhH3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T221625Z_1_CBRE9701PVF00_RTROPTP_2_URUGUAY-MARIJUANA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People applaud after legislators voted on a bill to regulate marijuana growth and sale advances, in Montevideo" align="left" title="People applaud after legislators voted on a bill to regulate marijuana growth and sale advances, in Montevideo" border="0" /></a>MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay's leftist President Jose Mujica said his country would not become a haven for pot smokers the day after its lower chamber of Congress narrowly voted to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana. The bill, which needs to pass the senate to become law, goes beyond the no penalization policy in the Netherlands and creates a government body to regulate legal sales and public smoking clubs and to monitor marijuana consumption for Uruguayans. To avoid making the country a drug tourism destination, only Uruguayans would be allowed to use marijuana. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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