A group of 22 medical experts convened by Johns Hopkins University and The Lancet have called this week for the decriminalization of all nonviolent drug use and possession. Citing a growing scientific consensus on the failures of the global war on drugs, the experts further encourage countries and U.S. states to "move gradually toward regulated drug markets and apply the scientific method to their assessment."
A Canadian court Wednesday struck down federal rules governing the growing and distribution of medical marijuana, ruling that Canadians have a constitutional right to grow it for themselves at home.
Mexico opened on Tuesday the first of five debates that could lead to changes in the country's prohibitionist marijuana laws, as a top official acknowledged public support for medical cannabis.
An employee of Costa Rica's immigration agency was arrested this morning on suspicion of manipulating official records to push through a residency card renewal...
Costa Rica marked Children’s Day on Wednesday with a demographic reality that is already changing the schools and will eventually reshape its workforce: there...
Scientists may have found an explanation for the mysterious mass deaths of crabs that washed ashore along several popular beaches in Guanacaste last month....
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook the southern Pacific region of Costa Rica early this morning, surprising residents there and in parts of the Central...
