Costa Rica Legalizes Medical Cannabis
Costa Rica legalized medicinal marijuana this week after President Carlos Alvarado signed a law passed a day earlier by congress.
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Legalization of medical cannabis one step away from being approved in Costa Rica
The initiative for the legalization of medicinal and therapeutic cannabis, as well as for the industrial production of hemp in Costa Rica, was ready this Thursday for a vote in the plenary session of the Legislative Assembly.
Pigeon Busted in Attempt to Smuggle Cocaine, Cannabis into Costa Rican Prison
This pigeon was caught with a little bag filled with drugs attached to its chest as to it flew to La Reforma Penitentiary in Costa Rica on Tuesday.
PHOTO ESSAY: Marijuana Legalization March in Costa Rica
Marijuana advocates marched Saturday in San José to encourage legalization of the drug for medical, industrial, alimentary and recreational purposes.
US Drug Policy and the Border Child Immigration Crisis
The mass migration of tens of thousands of children and adolescents from Central America festered for months before exploding into a full-blown border refugee/immigration crisis in the last few weeks
How the Drug War Can Turn Environmental Activism Into a Deadly Undertaking
As cartels battle drug warriors, environmentalists struggle to preserve nature in dangerous territory.
Obama Refuses to Back Growing Call for Drug Legalization to Stem Spreading Violence in Latin America
While the presidents of Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica and El Salvador have voiced support for an end to the drug war, President Obama rejected their calls for drug legalization during high-level talks at the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
US No Longer Dominates Drug War Agenda in Central America
The President of Guatemala, Otto Perez put the issue of drug legalization on the SICA agenda in a historic meeting in Antigua, Guatemala on Saturday, despite the efforts of a certain power to get the meeting canceled at the last minute.
Costa Rican President Calls for Drug Legalization Debate
Drug legalization in Central America merits a “serious” debate as a solution to the crime and violence coursing through the region even if it runs up against U.S. opposition, said Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla.
Youth Group Promotes The Legalization of Marijuana in Costa Rica
The movement says it opposes to the war on drugs started by former U.S. president, Richard Nixon, in 1971 and Costa Rica's following of the U.S. prohibition model that could end up to the similar impossible situation in Mexico.
