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While key officials have framed Uruguay\u2019s landmark legislation as part of the government\u2019s strategy to regulate cannabis, tobacco and alcohol, there is limited empirical research exploring the political considerations that influenced its approach. Drawing on the concept of policy coherence\u2014the process by which policymakers seek to minimize conflicts and maximize synergies across policy agendas\u2014this study explores the extent to which Uruguay\u2019s cannabis regulation was influenced by the promotion of policy coherence within health and across other policy spheres. Government documents, 43 semi-structured interviews and field observations were thematically analysed. The analysis shows that the pursuit of policy coherence across health issues was relatively limited, and where there is an element of regulatory coherence, there also appears to be minimal coordination. 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