Other law 30 October 2014 🇺🇾 Uruguay

Uruguay starts registering cannabis clubs

The regulator announced it would register membership clubs of 15 to 45 members growing up to 99 plants. A club must first be a civil association, keep all activity on its own premises and stand at least 150 metres from schools and rehabilitation centres.^[1]

In the cultural atlas

TraditionsCannabis social clubsIn Spain, users found a gap in the law and grew their cannabis together in members-only associations. Uruguay later wrote the model into law.

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References

Brookings / WOLA — Walsh and Ramsey, Uruguay's Drug Policy: Major Innovations, Major Challenges (2015)archived

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