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Uruguay President José Mujica Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Legalising Marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 12/03/2014 - 13:22

José Mujica, Uruguay's president, whose advocates claim that his initiative of legalising marijuana in the country worked in favour of peace, has been declared as a Nobel Peace Prize nominee for 2014.

This is the second consecutive year when Mr Mujica is touted as a potential Nobel Peace Prize winner by the Drugs Peace Institute which has earlier supported his initiation of the legalisation of marijuana since 2012. The legalisation is based on the idea that marijuana consumption must be protected as one of the human rights.

The world has been harshly critical about the decision of legalising marijuana. However, Uruguay did not care much about the brouhaha and became the first nation in the entire world to legalise the production and sale of marijuana completely. The new law which is going to be totally implemented from April 2014 will allow Uruguay residents to have an access to the herb...

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