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International 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

Costa Rica joins the 1972 Protocol amending the Single Convention

Costa Rica ratified the Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs on 14 February 1973. The Protocol, adopted in Geneva on 25 March 1972 and in force from 8 August 1975, strengthened the international control board and, among other changes, lets parties provide treatment, education, after-care and rehabilitation for people who use drugs, as an alternative to conviction or punishment or in addition to it.[1]

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References

  1. United Nations Treaty Collection — Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (Geneva, 25 March 1972): status of participantsarchived

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