In 2019, around 165 kilograms of cannabis plants were seized in Uruguay, up from 37 kilograms reported a year earlier. Meanwhile, the amount of cannabis seeds seized in the South American country was equivalent to one kilogram in 2019, the same figure reported the year before.
Volume of cannabis seized in Uruguay from 2013 to 2019, by type (in kilograms)
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UNODC. (June 15, 2022). Volume of cannabis seized in Uruguay from 2013 to 2019, by type (in kilograms) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219637/uruguay-seizures-cannabis/
UNODC. "Volume of cannabis seized in Uruguay from 2013 to 2019, by type (in kilograms)." Chart. June 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219637/uruguay-seizures-cannabis/
UNODC. (2022). Volume of cannabis seized in Uruguay from 2013 to 2019, by type (in kilograms). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219637/uruguay-seizures-cannabis/
UNODC. "Volume of Cannabis Seized in Uruguay from 2013 to 2019, by Type (in Kilograms)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219637/uruguay-seizures-cannabis/
UNODC, Volume of cannabis seized in Uruguay from 2013 to 2019, by type (in kilograms) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219637/uruguay-seizures-cannabis/ (last visited November 29, 2023)
Volume of cannabis seized in Uruguay from 2013 to 2019, by type (in kilograms) [Graph], UNODC, June 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219637/uruguay-seizures-cannabis/