Comments on: In Tuesday acquittal, Costa Rica court rules that growing marijuana for personal use carries no criminal penalty https://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/20/tuesday-acquittal-costa-rica-court-rules-growing-marijuana-personal-use-carries-criminal-penalty/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 By: Dusty Relichttps://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/20/tuesday-acquittal-costa-rica-court-rules-growing-marijuana-personal-use-carries-criminal-penalty/#comment-14271 Dusty Relic Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:19:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=20910#comment-14271 This is a terrible idea. The law reads that way in the US and it has been nothing but a disaster. CR is better off with the status quo until such time as a well considered bill to re-legalize can be passed. That may take a while but in the meantime Ticos will be spared the indignities of US-style Zero Tolerance.

]]> By: Dusty Relichttps://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/20/tuesday-acquittal-costa-rica-court-rules-growing-marijuana-personal-use-carries-criminal-penalty/#comment-14270 Dusty Relic Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:16:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=20910#comment-14270 The lawyer’s outdoor crop was on a roof, not in the ground, so growth would have still been constrained by the size of the planting containers that he was using.

]]> By: Dusty Relichttps://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/20/tuesday-acquittal-costa-rica-court-rules-growing-marijuana-personal-use-carries-criminal-penalty/#comment-14269 Dusty Relic Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:15:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=20910#comment-14269 I am pretty sure that Canada and Costa Rica are two different countries with completely different judicial systems, even though they do both begin with the letter “C”. Therefore it would be reasonable to expect each to have separate track records of injustice.

]]> By: SDPUShttps://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/20/tuesday-acquittal-costa-rica-court-rules-growing-marijuana-personal-use-carries-criminal-penalty/#comment-14253 SDPUS Thu, 21 Jan 2016 23:42:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=20910#comment-14253 Did they ever show photos of the Canadians crop? Yields outside are easily triple or more of those grown inside.

The important difference to note, is that one guy was a Canadian and the other a Tico Lawyer.

And while we know little about each of these cases, I bet an investigation on how both cases were handled would show dramatic differences in the process of justice.

Remember, this is a tiny country. Lawyers, Judges, Prosecutors all know each other quite well. Many would help the Tico Lawyer. Nobody will help the Canadian.

]]> By: Yeimshttps://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/20/tuesday-acquittal-costa-rica-court-rules-growing-marijuana-personal-use-carries-criminal-penalty/#comment-14252 Yeims Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:27:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=20910#comment-14252 He had a commercial operation going, over 300 hydroponic plants and with plans to expand in technology and crop volume. Obviously a high production facility, and obviously not for personal use.

]]> By: disgustedhttps://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/20/tuesday-acquittal-costa-rica-court-rules-growing-marijuana-personal-use-carries-criminal-penalty/#comment-14251 disgusted Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:48:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=20910#comment-14251 Also notice they still want to appeal this decision. So is it their hope to get three other judges who will decide differently. Then again another appeal process. If this was expat I am sure the decision would be different.

Okay so now my roof top can become a garden of herb for my personal use Nice EH! Just need to find some top quality seeds.

]]> By: Tab RicciBestPot Grower in CRhttps://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/20/tuesday-acquittal-costa-rica-court-rules-growing-marijuana-personal-use-carries-criminal-penalty/#comment-14250 Tab RicciBestPot Grower in CR Thu, 21 Jan 2016 03:01:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=20910#comment-14250 Whaaat? It’s legal now?
Taxes, I don’t pay no stinking taxes !
Move your arrow over my photo shown here.
Smoke ‘em if u got ‘em !

]]> By: Chris Thomashttps://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/20/tuesday-acquittal-costa-rica-court-rules-growing-marijuana-personal-use-carries-criminal-penalty/#comment-14247 Chris Thomas Thu, 21 Jan 2016 00:18:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=20910#comment-14247 What about the Canadian guy who got 8 years for growing marijuana? What a double standard.

]]> By: Larry Kirkendallhttps://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/20/tuesday-acquittal-costa-rica-court-rules-growing-marijuana-personal-use-carries-criminal-penalty/#comment-14246 Larry Kirkendall Wed, 20 Jan 2016 23:32:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=20910#comment-14246 Sadly, the once greatest nation has devolved into a thuggish police state where might makes right, and greed at all levels is the new religion.

]]> By: Larry Kirkendallhttps://insidecostarica.com/2016/01/20/tuesday-acquittal-costa-rica-court-rules-growing-marijuana-personal-use-carries-criminal-penalty/#comment-14245 Larry Kirkendall Wed, 20 Jan 2016 23:29:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=20910#comment-14245 legalization could to large and uber large commercial farming, tax it. Home gardening for yourself, enjoy tax free.

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