Cannabis in Uruguay

2017 • 60 minutes

About this movie

‘What's happening to us? Why is there so much violence? What makes it so difficult?’ Jose Mujica assumed the presidency of Uruguay seeking a solution to quell the rivers of blood raging from the war on drugs. In 2013, his government passed pioneering and historic legislation to become the first country to comprehensively regulate the cannabis market. This rigorous doc charts the rise and success of this ruling.