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With an economy smaller than Myanmar's and the population of Connecticut, Uruguay is easy to overlook. Jose Pepe Mujica set out to change all that, and all it took was a bit of smoke.

While other countries have decriminalized marijuana possession, and the Netherlands allows its sale in coffee shops, Uruguay is the first to allow the entire production and distribution chain.

Uruguayan President Asks World To Help Him Legalize Weed Huffington Post “There's an apparatus in the world that lives by repressing, and it costs a lot of money.” Himself famous for his austere lifestyle, Mujica said he didn't care for marijuana,...