Psychiatrists on the legalization of marijuana in Uruguay Uruguay, a small Latin American country with 3,3 million inhabitants, might become on December 10 the first country in the world to produce and distribute marijuana to registered users. The law should also allow users to grow up to 6 plants at home and thereby legalize an activity that many Uruguayans had already been doing for years. Sociologists and health specialists remain divided on the issue. Images and soundbites