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Federal elections in Costa Rica take place in February and a new political party in the Central American nation has vowed to legalize adult-use marijuana.
The VAMOS Party, which in English translates to “Let’s Go,” has made the campaign promise to usher in a countrywide legal cannabis sector for Costa Ricans and tourists alike, should they be elected into Congress.
“Currently, personal consumption of cannabis is not penalized, however, [cultivation] and distribution are,” said party leader Margarita Salas in an interview with Marijuana.com. Salas is a Harvard-educated politician who has been following the rapid cannabis reform happening in various parts of the world.
“There is already a [bill] in Congress for medicinal use only, but we want to reform that so it also includes recreational use,” said Salas. She went on to add that the party also wants to modify some of the language in the current medical marijuana bill, which at this point has stalled in the Parliamentary process. “The [bill says] that cannabinoids are chemical compounds and it should establish that they are organic ones.”
Salas wants to broaden the scope of the existing medical…
