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International 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

Costa Rica joins the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

Costa Rica ratified the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 on 7 May 1970. The convention lists cannabis and cannabis resin among its controlled drugs and obliges its parties to limit their production, trade, possession and use to medical and scientific purposes.[1]

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References

  1. United Nations Treaty Collection — Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961: status of participantsarchived

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