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Latin American Economy & Business - May 2014 (ISSN 1741-7430)
URUGUAY: The new battle: marijuana vs. tobacco
Highlighted by President José ‘Pepe’ Mujíca’s visit to Washington for a meeting with his US counterpart Barack Obama on 12 May, many commentators have been intrigued by the apparently different treatment of tobacco and marijuana in the small South American country. As if to emphasize the contrast, a week earlier, when new regulations allowing the production and sale of marijuana came into force, the Montevideo senate approved a bill further tightening controls on the sale of tobacco.
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