Queirolo Rosario, Boidi Maria Fernanda, Cruz José Miguel
Department of Social and Political Sciences, Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Insights Research and Consulting, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Int J Drug Policy. 2016 Aug;34:41-8. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.05.015. Epub 2016 Jul 15.
The Uruguayan Cannabis Clubs (UCCs) constitute one of three ways to obtain cannabis under the new cannabis regulation laws. These organizations, formed by up to 45 adults and with a legal limit to grow up to 99 plants, appear to provide a safe method of procuring cannabis in a country that is trying to regulate aspects of cannabis production and distribution. This article describes the operations of the UCCs and the challenges these organizations face.
The paper draws on data from in-depth interviews conducted with representatives of UCCs and conversations with government officials conducted between March and August of 2015. We collected information about membership, facilities and forms of organization, methods of cannabis cultivation and distribution, and activities within the community.
This article describes how UCCs are formed, their resources, rules for cannabis production and distribution; and their relationships with government institutions and the community. Data show that UCCs face four main challenges: compliance with the extant regulation, financial sustainability, tolerance from the community, and collective action dilemmas.
Organizational challenges are as frequent in Uruguay as in other country where cannabis clubs exist, however this paper shows that in order to be sustainable, UCCs need to address issues of collective action, financial sustainability, and possible competition with cannabis distribution via pharmacies that could diminish membership. In the case of Uruguay, UCCs are part of a regulation effort, though they may not be preferred over other legal alternatives already in place.
乌拉圭大麻俱乐部（UCCs）是新的大麻管制法律规定的获取大麻的三种途径之一。这些组织由多达45名成年人组成，合法种植上限为99株大麻，在一个试图规范大麻生产和分销各方面的国家，似乎提供了一种安全获取大麻的方式。本文描述了乌拉圭大麻俱乐部的运作情况以及这些组织面临的挑战。
本文借鉴了2015年3月至8月期间对乌拉圭大麻俱乐部代表进行的深入访谈数据以及与政府官员的谈话内容。我们收集了有关会员情况、设施与组织形式、大麻种植与分销方法以及社区内活动的信息。
本文描述了乌拉圭大麻俱乐部如何形成、其资源、大麻生产与分销规则；以及它们与政府机构和社区的关系。数据表明，乌拉圭大麻俱乐部面临四个主要挑战：遵守现行法规、财务可持续性、社区的容忍度以及集体行动困境。
在乌拉圭，组织面临的挑战与其他存在大麻俱乐部的国家一样频繁，然而本文表明，为了实现可持续发展，乌拉圭大麻俱乐部需要解决集体行动、财务可持续性以及可能与通过药店分销大麻产生的竞争等问题，这种竞争可能会减少会员数量。就乌拉圭而言，大麻俱乐部是管制努力的一部分，尽管它们可能并不比现有的其他合法途径更受青睐。
