Uruguay says may grow marijuana on military land

Uruguay's President Jose Mujica walks in front of his garage on his farm following an interview with Reuters, on the outskirts of Montevideo February 13, 2014. REUTERS/Andres Stapff

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay is considering growing marijuana on plot of land controlled by the military to avoid illegal trafficking of the crop, which it legalized in December, the defense minister said on Wednesday.

Tapping military land to centralize cannabis cultivation is one of several scenarios the small South American country is studying as it prepares to roll out its new legalization law, Defense Minister Eleuterio Fernandez said in an interview.