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

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Groups press for mass vaccination against covid-19

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#FrenaLaOla campaign on Wednesday invites us to make a ‘pact against...

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Health workers Look for older adults at bus stops and mangroves...

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522 people with covid-19 are hospitalized in Intensive Care

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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,...