Drug Trafficking On the  Rise
According to the vice-ministro de Seguridad Púlica (Public Secyrity), Rafael Angel Gutierrez , the number of drug traffickers near the schools of the capital is rising faster and faster.

According to a Security report, Costa Rican police caught 170 drug dealers within four months, trafficking marihuana, crack, among other toxic substances, around school institutions in the city.

The document specifies arrests between February 7, at the start of the academic school year, and June 14.

However, Gutierrez explained the majority of these drug traffickers are released because they just carry minimum quantities of these substances, justifying it as for personal consumption.

Under the current laws, police cannot detain the arrested, which are back on the streets just as soon as they released.

According to Rocio Solís of the office of the Niñez y Adolescencia (Childhood and Adolescents) of the Ministerio de Educación Pública (MEP) - Public Education Ministry - the consumption of the drugs is of the children attending the schools.