Uruguay was the first country to legalise marijuana — with mixed results
Twelve years ago today, Uruguay became the first country to legalise recreational marijuana use. The experiment is still unfolding.
The day Uruguay’s one-time guerilla president Jose “Pepe” Mujica signed a law legalising recreational marijuana use in 2013 was rather anti-climactic.
Queues did not start forming until 2017 when sa…