A man cuts flowers of a cannabis plant at his house back yard in Montevideo on April 25, 2014. In last December, Uruguay became the first country in the world to regulate the market of sales of cannabis and its derivatives in an plan considered a bold experiment by authorities frustrated with losing resources to fighting drug trafficking. The law authorizes the production, distribution and sale of cannabis, allows individuals aged 18 and older to grow their own on a small scale, and creates consumer clubs -- all under state supervision and control. Legalization of marijuana in the small country of just 3.2 million inhabitants has also drawn the interest of pharmaceutical companies around the world, who want to buy the drug for medical uses. AFP PHOTO/Pablo PORCIUNCULA (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA BRUNE / AFP) (Photo credit should read PABLO PORCIUNCULA BRUNE/AFP/Getty Images)
