Uruguay rule-signing launches marijuana market

Published May 6, 2014 10:07pm ET



MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — President Jose Mujica signed the long-awaited rules for Uruguay’s legal pot marketplace Tuesday, launching a rollout that should stock pharmacies with government-approved marijuana cigarettes for sale by year’s end.

Opinion polls suggest most Uruguayans are against the pot plan, but Mujica told The Associated Press in an interview Friday that his government has got to try it.

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