Comments on: Costa Rica’s Health Minister supports medical marijuana bill; CCSS would provide the drug free of charge

By: SarongGoddess

SarongGoddess — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:33:00 +0000

When passed, this is one of the SMARTEST acts I’ve seen come CR in AGES!!! A) it WILL help the PEOPLE of CR & maybe it could help them with Medical Tourism as CR has outpriced themselves in this market – now one of the higher end countries of countries known for Medical Tourism.

By: expatin paradise

expatin paradise — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:40:00 +0000

Approving medical use of marijuana is a good first step. Experience with marijuana as medicine will help convince Ticos that all illegal drugs are not the same – many Tico friends have told me that it is a “droga”, talking about it as if it is the same as heroin. As someone who has used marijuana for severe chronic pain, I know that it is of value in reducing the dosage of strong pain meds.

Hopefully, after allowing use of marijuana medicinally, Costa Rica will see that it is less harmful than alcohol and make it legal for adults to use recreationally, opening the door to a much-needed source of tax revenue. In the interim, the government should look at the cases of prisoners serving time on drug charges and consider paroles for those charged with more minor marijuana offenses.

By: SDPUS

SDPUS — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:51:00 +0000

We need healthcare and education in regards to marijuana, not prison and corruption!