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Push For Legalization Continues In Costa Rica

Hazel Norman — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 21:42:41 +0000

Multiple countries on different continents are making meaningful pushes to modernize their cannabis policies in ways that would permit adults to cultivate, consume, and/or sell cannabis for recreational purposes. One of those countries is Costa Rica, where lawmakers are divided over a recent effort to pass an adult-use cannabis legalization measure. This month the nation’s […]

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Will Costa Rica Become A Top Cannabis Tourism Destination?

Hazel Norman — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:58:59 +0000

Cannabis tourism is not a new thing, however, the size of that particular sector of the emerging international cannabis industry has historically been limited. Obviously, that is due in large part to prohibition laws around the globe. For many years Amsterdam was the undeniable leader when it came to international cannabis tourism, with a handful […]

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Costa Rica Authorizes First Hemp Project

Hazel Norman — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 19:54:13 +0000

Cannabis reform may be spreading across the globe at an ever-increasing pace, and with it, the emerging international cannabis industry, however, the process has moved slower in some countries compared to others, with Costa Rica being a great example of that. In the Western Hemisphere, cannabis reform has spread faster than its Eastern Hemisphere counterpart. […]

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Is Costa Rica On Track For Recreational Cannabis Reform?

Marguerite Arnold — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:40:56 +0000

The newly elected president Rodrigo Chaves, has laid out a plan for full legalization within his first 100 days in office that he says should be presented to Congress by November Costa Rica is now on a fast track to full cannabis reform. The country’s president, Rodrigo Chaves, who took office this April, has just […]

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Costa Rican Lawmakers Approve Another Medical Cannabis Bill

Johnny Green — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 22:11:57 +0000

Last year lawmakers in Costa Rica passed a medical cannabis bill and sent it to the Costa Rican President for his signature. Rather than sign the measure into law, Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada sat on the bill for a long time. For months Quesada aired grievances about the measure, indicating that it wasn’t […]

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