Cenk Uygur
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Government To Sell Pot For $1 A Gram (In Uruguay) - Why?
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October 23, 2013
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3:08Now Playing"Uruguay's drug tsar says the country plans to sell legal marijuana for $1 a gram to combat drug-trafficking, according to a local newspaper.
The plan to create a government-run legal marijuana industry has passed the lower house of Congress, and Uruguay's president, José Mujica, expects to push it through the Senate soon as part of his effort to explore alternatives in the war on drugs.
The measure would make Uruguay the first country in the world to license and enforce rules for the production, distribution and sale of marijuana for adult consumers."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
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