Uruguay, the first country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana, is currently exporting low-THC cannabis, or hemp, to the United States. In an exclusive conversation with Hasse for Forbes, ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A group has taken steps to become the first officially recognized marijuana-growing club in Uruguay, where lawmakers have made their country the world’s first national ...

Most citizens of the South American nation oppose a law that would legalize pot. Jan. 17, 2013— -- Usually, you would expect middle-aged politicians, President Obama, for instance, to oppose, or ...

Uruguay has been a pioneer in legalizing marijuana and now it hopes to become a leading exporter of medical variants of the drug An employee of Fotmer SA, an enterprise that produces cannabis for ...

Uruguay’s José “Pepe” Mujica, the world’s “poorest” (and coolest) president. “We ask the world to help us create this experience. It will allow us to adopt a socio-political experiment to address the ...

Uruguay's government unveiled a proposal to legalize and monitor the marijuana market, arguing that the drug is less harmful than the black market where it is trafficked. President Jose Mujica's ...

Canada gets the headlines for its plan to legalize marijuana nationwide in 2018. So does anti-marijuana rhetoric from some officials in the Trump Administration. Meanwhile, in the South American ...

In this Dec. 9, 2013,file photo, Marcelo Vazquez, a marijuana grower, checks the leaves of his marijuana plants for fungus, on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay. Uruguayas drug czar Julio Calzada ...

(AP) – A look at a proposal to legalize marijuana in the South American nation of Uruguay, compared with the new laws approved by voters this month to legalize use of the drug in the western U.S.

Legislators in Uruguay’s lower house today narrowly voted to legalize marijuana in an ambitious effort to target the illegal drug trade that has plagued the region. The bill, which President José ...

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - In a white, sterilized laboratory on the outskirts of Uruguayan capital Montevideo, biochemist Javier Varela and his team are carefully cultivating plants for a booming ...

Uruguay is Set to Become the First Country Ever to Fully Legalize Weed July 31, 2013— -- Uruguay is a tiny nation of three million people known mostly for its feisty soccer team and its juicy, ...