WHITFIELD: It's a call for help from Uruguay.</s>HOLMES: Yes, the president, Jose Mujica, is asking the world to help him legalize pot. Yes, that's right, wants to legalize the sale of marijuana.</s>WHITFIELD: Rafael Romo has more on this. So, why is he pushing to legalize pot?</s>RAFAEL ROMO, CNN SENIOR LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS EDITOR: Well, in his county it's about to become a law, but he wants to make it a regional law. Essentially change the policy of all the countries in Latin America to legalize marijuana. And this is what the president said to a Brazilian newspaper in his most recent interview. He said, "we ask the world to help us create this experience. It will allow us to adopt a sociopolitical experiment to address the serious problem of drug trafficking." What the president is also saying is that when it comes to drug trafficking, the trafficking part is worse than the drug itself. Take a listen to what the president told CNN En Espanol back in September. We apparently don't have that part of the interview. But the lower house of parliament in Uruguay has already approved a law that would legalize marijuana. The senate is about to do it. And the president said he would sign it into law. Now, it's not going to be a free-for-all. People who want to smoke marijuana in Uruguay have to register with the government and the government would have the monopoly on the production, the distribution and sale of marijuana. So it's not like people from other countries can just go and buy pot because it only applies to Uruguayan citizens.</s>HOLMES: Right. Just takes it out of the hands of the criminals. It will be interesting to see what happens. Keep us informed. Rafael, good to see you.</s>WHITFIELD: Thank you.</s>HOLMES: Don't be a stranger.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, a fairytale come true for one lucky buyer. One of Prince Diana's gowns up for auction.</s>HOLMES: Yes, bid now.
Uruguay President Wants to Legalize Marijuana