Legalize It?
If you’ve actually walked down the Avenida Central in San José, odds are that more than once you’ve witnessed an individual light up a doobie.
The pungent scent of pot has turn into almost attribute in some locations of town and most citizens are hardly ever shocked when they see beggars and junkies use drugs in the streets. While marijuana isn’t legal in Costa Rica, it’s extensively known that you are allowed to carry a particular amount for “personal use”, as prolonged as you’re not dealing. Nonetheless, there’s a area of the population that thinks marijuana need to turn out to be legal for what ever you want to use it, period.
Marijuana supporters will consider component in a huge protest in the Plaza de la Democracia on April 20th, to consult Laura Chinchilla’s authorities to legalize this drug. 1 of their major factors, according to their manifesto, will be to present society that marijuana has practically nothing to do with criminal actions or death. From a health care level of view this may be comparatively exact, specially when in comparison to tobacco use, but judging by the amount of fatalities reported in drug busts and police raids, marijuana is just as deadly as cocaine or “harder medication”.
In the past, Costa Ricans have proved to be very divided on topics that incorporate political modify. While it’s quite unlikely that marijuana will be legalized in the predominantly Catholic region, it will be fascinating to see the public reaction to such a massive pro-drug protest. “It’s time for this country to turn out to be portion of the first earth” says a supporter of the trigger alluding to the legalization of marijuana in some European countries.
But is Costa Rica ready for these kinds of a radical alter? What’s your get on this controversial matter?