Legalization is moving forward in Uruguay (updated with link to the regulations)

Uruguay has released its marijuana legalization regulations.  I haven’t been able to track down a copy–though my Spanish is rusty, I would still be very interested in trying to take a look at the rules themselves.  If anyone finds a link online, please send along and I will update.  

Update: Many thanks to Pat Oglesby who has sent a link to the regulations along!  From Pat:  “This seems to link to the regulations: http://medios.presidencia.gub.uy/jm_portal/2014/noticias/NO_M871/reglamentacion-ley19172.pdf  At the very end, in Articulo 103, is what I take to be the date of issuance, 02 de mayo de 2014.”

For now, this AP article provides an overview:

In two weeks, the government will take applications from businesses hoping to become one of a handful of growers supplying marijuana to the state. By early December, a network of pharmacies will be ready to supply the weed to registered consumers at less than a dollar a gram, presidential spokesman Diego Canepa said late Friday.

As with tobacco, the pot will come in packages warning of health risks, and smoking will be prohibited everywhere but private homes and open-air locations. As with liquor, motorists will be subject to testing by police to make sure they’re not driving under the influence.

The state will sell five different strains, containing a maximum level of 15 percent THC, the substance that gets consumers high. Each bag will be bar-coded, radio-frequency tagged, and registered in a genetic database that will enable authorities to trace its origin and determine its legality, Canepa said. The rules limit licensed growers to six plants per household — not per person, as some pot enthusiasts had hoped. And while people who buy in pharmacies will be identified by fingerprint readers to preserve their anonymity, every user’s pot consumption will be tracked in a government database.

Mujica predicted that many will call him an elderly reactionary once they see this fine print, but he says his government never intended to create a mecca for marijuana lovers.