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

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Half of PAC legislators in isolation due to Covid-19

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275,000 vaccinations a week is key to beat the delta variant,...

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Covid-19 contagion rate rises: 100 people would infect 103

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Three-month-old baby and four-year-old boy die of Covid-19

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Vehicle restriction will begin at 10 pm as of August 9

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U.S. donates more mobile medical units to the CCSS

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Countdown: Time to reach herd immunity increased 54 days and now...

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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,...