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Costa Rica records 2,954 cases of syphilis and a 12% increase...

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Constitutional Court confirms constitutionality of mandatory vaccination

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Otto Guevara compares Daniel Salas with a dictator for sanitary measures

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Sala IV rejects covid patient’s claim for Caja to pay the...

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Finally, migrant population in Costa Rica will be vaccinated against covid-19

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Covid-19 contagion rate drops, but hospitals still under pressure

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More than 1.1 million vaccines against covid-19 have been received so...

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Number of minors victims of the pandemic in Costa Rica reaches...

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CCSS activates ‘vacunatón’ against covid-19

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Legislator Melvin Núñez, who rejected the vaccine, hospitalized

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Synthetic drug use raises concern among Costa Rican youth

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Unprecedented: Costa Rica’s Three Branches of Government Are Led by Women

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Costa Rica’s crime-prevention message meets a budget-cut test

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Synthetic drug use raises concern among Costa Rican youth

Q COSTA RICA — Older adolescents and young adults are among the groups most often consuming synthetic drugs in Costa Rica, according to Mario Sánchez, an investigator with the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) Anti-Drug Unit. The warning comes alongside a marked increase in forensic findings: between 2017 and 2022,...