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Medical Marijuana More Expensive Than Recreational Version In Uruguay, Unlike In US


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Medical marijuana in Uruguay may become more expensive than the recreational version.

Officials in Uruguay recently announced that medical marijuana in the country could soon contain higher levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and become more expensive than its recreational counterpart. While it has many patients in the South American country worried about getting treatment, the change isn’t likely to be seen in the United States any time soon.

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“It’s certainly interesting,” said Taylor West, of the Denver-based National Cannabis Industry Association. But, “I wouldn’t anticipate anything like that happening in Colorado.”

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In 2014, Uruguay became the first country in the world to have a regulatory system for legal cultivation, sale and consumption of marijuana, as CNN reported.

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