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Laws in Costa Rica are vague on the topic of the legality of marijuana. According to The Costa Rica News, "The
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As of August 2021, only one company has been granted permission through bribery to study the viability of
Cannabis. ROCO Plants SA. Led by self-proclaimed "researcher" Daniel O'Bryan starting in July 2020 two different locations were selected for viability testing. Little to no tangible data was
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how much marijuana qualifies as a 'small dose' or if it's legal to grow the plant for personal use." Many have interpreted this vagueness in the law to mean personal consumption in small dosages are legal in private areas. Police
Enforcement in Costa Rica (
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1518:El Salvador
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1006:South Korea
1001:North Korea
909:Afghanistan
747:Ivory Coast
493:Puerto Rico
420:territories
366:Saint Lucia
301:El Salvador
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1674:Micronesia
1498:Costa Rica
1460:Montserrat
1395:San Marino
1348:Montenegro
1328:Luxembourg
1249:Martinique
1239:Guadeloupe
1172:Azerbaijan
1126:Uzbekistan
1101:Tajikistan
1016:Kyrgyzstan
996:Kazakhstan
956:East Timor
919:Bangladesh
893:Antarctica
886:Antarctica
827:Seychelles
797:Mozambique
787:Madagascar
777:Mauritania
672:Cape Verde
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483:Martinique
478:Guadeloupe
276:Costa Rica
173:Costa Rica
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1737:Argentina
1654:Australia
1528:Guatemala
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1323:Lithuania
1217:Greenland
1086:Sri Lanka
1081:Singapore
966:Indonesia
944:Hong Kong
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561:Caribbean
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1772:Paraguay
1757:Colombia
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1488:Barbados
1410:Slovenia
1405:Slovakia
1380:Portugal
1368:Svalbard
1192:Bulgaria
1106:Thailand
1061:Pakistan
1041:Mongolia
1036:Maldives
1031:Malaysia
934:Cambodia
877:Zimbabwe
852:Tanzania
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702:Djibouti
667:Cameroon
652:Botswana
428:Anguilla
376:Suriname
351:Paraguay
326:Honduras
286:Dominica
271:Colombia
241:Barbados
161:Cannabis
98:Archived
1787:Uruguay
1762:Ecuador
1742:Bolivia
1721:Vanuatu
1647:Oceania
1624:Medical
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1523:Grenada
1483:Bahamas
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1385:Romania
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1301:History
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1286:Iceland
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1197:Croatia
1182:Belgium
1177:Belarus
1167:Armenia
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1157:Andorra
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1131:Vietnam
1046:Myanmar
1026:Lebanon
914:Bahrain
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717:Eritrea
687:Comoros
662:Burundi
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458:Curaçao
443:Bonaire
438:Bermuda
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331:Jamaica
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924:Bhutan
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1533:Haiti
1415:Spain
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847:Sudan
752:Kenya
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