[Vision2020] Uruguay Plans to Sell Legal Marihuana for $1 per Gram

[Kenneth Marcy]

On 10/22/2013 11:21 AM, Scott Dredge wrote:
> Tom asks:
> <Que pasa, V-Peeps?>
>
> Estoy feliz hoy

Eso es bueno porque hay casi tantos hispanohablantes en los Estados 
Unidos, ya que hay en España. España cuenta con 38.588.817, y los EE.UU. 
tiene 38.325.155. Hispanohablantes forman el 13 por ciento de la 
población estadounidense.

La población de habla española de Uruguay es 3.136.114.


Ken

English translation:

That's good because there are almost as many Spanish speakers in the 
United States as there are in Spain. Spain has 38,588,817, and the U.S. 
has 38,325,155.  Native Spanish speakers form about 13 percent of the 
American population.

The Spanish-speaking population of Uruguay is 3,136,114.

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> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:54:45 -0700
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Uruguay Plans to Sell Legal Marihuana for $1 per 
> Gram
>
> I have only one question . . .
>
> Que pasa, V-Peeps?
>
> Courtesy of *Class Warfare Exists *at:
>
> http://www.classwarfareexists.com/uruguay-plans-to-sell-legal-marijuana-for-1-a-gram/
>
> And ABC News at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/n59myeq
>
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>
> *Uruguay Plans to Sell Legal Marihuana for $1 per Gram*
>
> Uruguay's drug czar has announced the country's latest plan to combat 
> illegal drug trafficking: Legalize the sale of marijuana and set the 
> prices so low that the drug dealers cannot compete.
>
> As AP reports:
>
> "The plan to create a government-run legal marijuana industry has 
> passed the lower house of Congress, and President Jose 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.
>
> Marijuana sales should start in the second half of 2014 at a price of 
> about $1 per gram, drug chief Julio Calzada told a local newspaper, El 
> Pais, on Sunday."
>
> The stunningly low price (an 8th of what it costs at dispensaries in 
> the United States) is not meant to be profitable. Instead, the cost 
> would make competing against the government prices nearly impossible. 
> The Uruguayan government hopes this price fixing will serve as a 
> monetary disincentive to those looking to profit from the illicit sale 
> of the drug.
>
> "The illegal market is very risky and of poor quality," he said. The 
> State "is going to offer a safe place to buy a quality product and on 
> top of that, it's going to sell it at the same price."
>
> In August, he had estimated that the price would be around $2.50 per gram.
>
> Smoking marijuana has long been legal in Uruguay, but growing, 
> carrying, buying or selling it has called for prison terms. Now, 
> Uruguay turns to controlling the market rather than fighting it.
>
> The model is very different than the one the United States has been 
> adopting recently.
>
> "Washington has imposed a heavy 25% tax on each of the three parts of 
> pot production: producer to processor, processor to retailer and 
> retailer to customer. Regulators say that will put the price of 
> marijuana pretax at an average of $12 a gram, a price that the ACLU's 
> Holcomb says is competitive with illicit pot on the street. Colorado 
> votes on its pot tax --- a less onerous 15% excise tax and 10% sales tax."
>
> These prices will still try to be competitive with street value of 
> marijuana so as to encourage people to use the legal stuff, but the 
> idea has always been to make a profit. One of the ways marijuana 
> legalization advocates in the U.S. have gotten politicians and the 
> public to soften towards the drug is by suggesting that it will 
> benefit the economy through taxation.
>
> In case you're already on travelocity booking your flight to Uruguay, 
> the government doesn't plan on being the next marijuana vacation 
> destination. The law limits the sale of legal marijuana to locals only.
>


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