Last week, a criminal court in the Caribbean slope town of Pococí found Colombian helicopter mechanic Andrés Camilo Ramírez Sánchez not guilty of drugs, weapons and money…
In Luis Guillermo Solís' first speech before the United Nations General Assembly, the Costa Rican president mentioned several international conflicts. But the country's ongoing border dispute with Nicaragua was not…
The U.S. State Department named Costa Rica among a list of 22 major drug-producing and transit countries that “significantly affect the United States,” according to a statement…
Gen. John F. Kelly, commander of U.S. Southern Command, visited with President Luis Guillermo Solís and Public Security Minister Celso Gamboa to discuss anti-narcotics operations and future…
This article is excerpted from Tom Shroder's "Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy and the Power to Heal," which comes out Sept. 9. The book focuses on researchers' attempts…
Costa Rica's Public Security Minister Celso Gamboa admitted that drug enforcement policy in Central America is in desperate need of reform, and the current security model effectively criminalizes poverty in Central America.…
The War on Drugs is the Big Lie used to justify the militarization of Costa Rican police. The argument goes like this: A small country like Costa…
Police officers arrested a U.S. citizen on drug charges at the Juan Santamaría International Airport when they discovered a package inside his luggage containing marijuana brownies. A…
Opponents of marijuana legalization are rapidly losing the battle for hearts and minds. Simply put, the public understands that however you measure the consequences of marijuana use,…
A study by the Adolescents' Clinic at the National Children's Hospital conducted among 3,373 high school students in the Greater Metropolitan Area indicates that the number of…
