This morning, Uruguayan officials will open 18 envelopes. Each will contain a proposal to grow two tonnes of marijuana on up to five hectares of land for sale to the Uruguayan government.
The Tasmanian Government has swiftly rejected a recommendation from an Upper House committee that it urgently move to decriminalise medicinal cannabis.
The movement to end marijuana prohibition has made significant progress recently, but it could all be undone when the next president takes office in 2017.