Uruguay has moved closer to becoming the first country to legalize and regulate marijuana at a national level, after the country's House of Representatives approved a controversial bill on 31 July. Backed by President Jose Mujica and his Broad Front coalition, the measure passed by 50 votes to 46. The bill is also expected to pass the Senate. The United Nations' International Narcotics Control Board criticized the move, saying that such a law, if enacted, would violate international drug-control treaties to which Uruguay is a party.
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