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The illegal products that have been detected are sold by the stores identified as CBD Costa Rica, Costa Rican Medicinal CBD, Medical Cannabis News Costa Rica, and Costa Rica Alchemy / Ministry of Health courtesy photo

Specialists issue health warning
about sale of illegal cannabis oils


By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
 
The Ministry of Health and the Institutional Commission of Medicinal Cannabis of the Ministry of Health, alert the population in general about the sale of cannabis oils, publicized by various web pages and social networks, which are not registered in the Ministry of Health.

To date, no cannabis oil has been registered in the Ministry of Health for medicinal purposes, therefore, its quality, safety, and efficacy cannot be supported.

The illegal products that have been detected are sold by the stores identified as CBD Costa Rica, Costa Rican Medicinal CBD, Medical Cannabis News Costa Rica, and Costa Rica Alchemy.

According to the Ministry's report, all drugs, whether chemical or natural, require an evaluation of their quality, safety, and efficacy prior to their sale, in order to guarantee that they will not have consequences for patients, "in these cases this evaluation has not been made and therefore the sites and manufacturing methods are unknown, the composition of the product and if it actually works for the indications that are attributed to it, "the Ministry said in its statement.

Specialists say that consumers should buy only products legally registered in Costa Rica. In order to identify which products are registered and which could be illegal products, specialists make the following recommendations:

- Always verify that the medicines that are going to be purchased have a current sanitary registry issued by the Ministry of Health.

- The verification can be done on the Ministry's website at the following link: registrelo.go.cr

- Verify that the sanitary registration number, established by the Ministry, is printed on the product label.

- Buy products only in stores authorized by the Ministry of Health.

- Avoid buying products from people or stores that offer it outside of this type of illegal products, especially in social network pages.

The specialists of the Ministry of Health ask the public to denounce the people or stores that are selling products derived from marijuana that are illegal in Costa Rica.

Complaints can be made on the Ministry's telephone number 2223-0333 or by email: correodac.denuncias@misalud.go.cr.




In the case of sale of products derived from illegal drugs, the confidential denunciations to the Judicial Investigation Agency at: 800-8000-645

In a recent case related to seized of illegal products made from Cannabis, as A.M. Costa Rica reported on April 3, the officials of the Ministry of Health, together with the Border Police, the Fiscal Control Police and the agents of the Medical Association, carried out the seizure of 813 products in a store located in San José*.

Among the products, there were creams of 300 grams of Mariguanol, a product that is apparently made with marijuana.

Mariguanol is a popular cream or ointment made with marijuana and is supposed to have healing properties that relieve the pain of rheumatism, arthritis or inflammation.

The original product is manufactured by the Mexican company CBD LIFE, which has been legally sold in Mexico since 2010. The product seized yesterday could be a copy of the original. Whether it is a fake or original product, neither of them can be sold in Costa Rica.

According to the police report, products that do not have sanitary registration and do not comply with the labeling requirements, do not have information on the ingredients, manufacturers, or country of origin were seized.

Among other confiscated products were soaps, creams, ointments, perfumes and a great variety of products that mostly indicate supposed therapeutic properties.

The owner of the store admitted that he himself makes many of the perfumes despite not having the necessary conditions for their preparation or the necessary permits.

The officers confiscated the merchandise and an evaluation of the sales permits and commercial patents, among others, will be made to determine if the store will be closed.



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*Link to reach the place.




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