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Security & Strategic Review - February 2016 (ISSN 1741-4202)
URUGUAY: Drug-related violence comes to fore
With Uruguay’s pharmacies set to start selling marijuana to the general public before the end of the year as part of the country’s move towards the full liberalisation of the narcotic, a series of multiple murders linked to drug trafficking have produced shock and concern. In particular, the violence is once again bringing into question the government’s assertions that marijuana’s liberalisation will help to prevent the spread of drug trafficking organisations (DTOs) in the country by putting the commercialisation of the drug completely under state control and effectively taking away the DTO’s main source of revenue.
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