Puerto Rico

Must Reads

• Puerto Rico’s Diving Fishermen Risk Health in Search for Income

  A declining fish population has forced diving fishermen into deeper waters. Many exceed safe dive times to make a living and develop decompression sickness — an affliction that, without treatment, can prove fatal.

  By Coraly Cruz Mejías
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  A Cultural Gem Reels From Natural Disasters, Tourism Drop

  By Coraly Cruz Mejías

• Puerto Rico’s Medical Marijuana Users Find Little Relief

  Patients who rely on cannabis to treat pain and other chronic symptoms celebrated Puerto Rico’s regulation of medical marijuana. But three years later, the drug remains expensive, stigmatized and difficult to access.

  By Coraly Cruz Mejías