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http://www.mapinc.org/pix/xmlpower.gifCosta Rica: Psychedelic Therapy In The Jungle Soothes The Pain For
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New York Times, 30 Aug 2020 - GIGANTE, Costa Rica - There was a ghostlike quality to Rudy Gonsior, an American former Special Forces sniper, on the morning he arrived at a jungle retreat to see if a vomit-inducing psychedelic brew could undo the damage years of combat had done to his mind. Glassy-eyed and withdrawn, he barely spoke above a whisper and was much quieter than the six other veterans who had come to dredge up painful memories of comrades fallen in battle, thoughts of suicide and the scar that taking a life leaves on the psyche. Londono, ErnestoNew York TimesDrugnews - Costa Rica2020-08-30Costa Rica: Advocates Of Drug Policy Reform Have A New Voice In Costa
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The Tico Times, 05 Sep 2014 - LEAP Executive Director Neill Franklin, a retired major with the Maryland State Police, says that drug policy needs to focus on health first, not criminal prosecutions, during a press conference on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times Costa Rica will become the first country in Central America to host a branch of the drug policy reform organization Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, the group announced at a press conference Friday morning. The announcement took place after a week of debate on drug policies in the Americas at the Fifth Latin American and First Central American Conference on Drug Policy in San Jose. LEAP, a 13-year-old nonprofit organization of current and former law enforcement members, aims to legalize illicit drugs as a solution to the violence and corruption that has snaked its way across the Americas in the last five decades. LEAP Executive Director Neill Franklin, a retired major with the Maryland State Police in the United States, told The Tico Times that he is excited to finally have an active branch of the group in Central America. Dyer, ZachThe Tico TimesDrugnews - Costa Rica2014-09-09Costa Rica: Costa Rica Installs Coastal Radar To Monitor Drug
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Latin American Herald-Tribune, 10 Apr 2014 - SAN JOSE President Laura Chinchilla inaugurated on Thursday a radar station on Costa Rica's Pacific coast that will be a tool in the country's fight against drug trafficking and illegal fishing. The radar, which has a range of 50 nautical miles, is located in Puerto Caldera. Latin American Herald-TribuneDrugnews - Costa Rica2014-04-10Costa Rica: Inaction From Costa Rican Legislature Leaves U.S.
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The Tico Times, 16 Jul 2013 - Costa Rica's public security minister says the inability for U.S. joint patrol vessels to dock in Costa Rica sends the wrong message to drug traffickers. United States Coast Guard and Navy vessels participating in joint drug patrols are left out to sea without permission to dock in Costa Rica after the legislature failed to take up a vote on the measure before going on break, the daily La Nacion reported on Tuesday. Dyer, ZacharyThe Tico TimesDrugnews - Costa Rica2013-07-18Costa Rica: OAS: Is The War On Drugs A Failure?
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The Tico Times, 04 Jun 2013 - "No international entity is going to dictate legalization, and certainly not to the United States," a top U.S. official says. ANTIGUA, Guatemala -- Four decades after Washington launched its international "war on drugs" in Latin America (the U.S. no longer uses that term), members of the Organization of American States' General Assembly are questioning the logic behind what is increasingly viewed in the region as a failed policy. Sanchez, IsabelThe Tico TimesDrugnews - Costa Rica2013-06-05Costa Rica: Latin Nations Prepare For Legal Pot In U.S.
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New Haven Register, 24 Jan 2013 - DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla says her nation, Mexico and Colombia have opened talks with U.S. officials to prepare for the legalization of marijuana in some U.S. states. She said in an interview that the Central American nations worry about what the effect that legalization will have on the battle against international drug cartels. New Haven RegisterDrugnews - Costa Rica2013-01-25Costa Rica: Peaceful Costa Rica Wages War On Drugs
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Miami Herald, 24 Jul 2007 - Costa Rica is Showing Progress in its War on Drugs, but Concerns Exist That the Country is Used as an Exchange Center for Major Drug Trade SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Known abroad mostly for its political stability, pristine beaches and eco-tourism, this country without an army has suddenly found itself in the middle of the war on drugs. Schmidt, BlakeMiami HeraldDrugnews - Costa Rica2007-07-25Costa Rica: Homemade Submarine Carrying Cocaine Seized Off
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Sun-Sentinel, 21 Nov 2006 - SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Tipped off by three plastic pipes mysteriously skimming the ocean's surface, authorities seized a homemade submarine packed with 3 tons of cocaine off Costa Rica's Pacific coast. Four men traveled inside the 50-foot wood and fiberglass craft, breathing through the pipes. The craft sailed along at about 7 mph, only six feet beneath the surface, Security Minister Fernando Berrocal said. Jimenez, MarianelaSun-SentinelDrugnews - Costa Rica2006-11-23Costa Rica: Home-Made Submarine Held Tons of Cocaine
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The Herald, 21 Nov 2006 - THE sight of three PVC pipes skimming the ocean's surface off the Pacific coast tipped off authorities in Costa Rica, who have seized a home-made submarine packed with three tons of cocaine. Four men were arrested after they were found travelling inside the 49ft wood and fibreglass craft, breathing through the pipes. The submarine was spotted oon Friday 103 miles off Costa Rica's coast near Cabo Blanco National Park on the Nicoya peninsula, said Security Minister Fernando Berrocal. It moved at about 7mph and was about 6ft below the surface. "This is the first time in the country's history that a craft with these characteristics has been caught near the national coasts," Berrocal said. US Coast Guard, US Drug Enforcement Administration agents, FBI and Colombian officials aided Costa Rican authorities in the operation. Two Colombians, a Guatemalan and a Sri Lankan man were arrested and taken to the United States since they were captured in international waters, Berrocal said. The HeraldDrugnews - Costa Rica2006-11-22More Headlines
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