Law 7093, the first version of the country's present drug law, made the use of drugs an administrative matter punished with day-fines. Production and trafficking stayed crimes.[1]
Score by segment 0 to 10
- Possession · 25%1 → 2+1
- Personal cultivation · 25%1 → 1
- Punishment & enforcement · 20%2 → 3+1
- Sharing & gifting · 10%1 → 1
- Consumption · 10%1 → 2+1
- Legal access · 10%0 → 0
The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. Costa Rica's scores have changed again since.
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