Let me bump this thread with some information on hows the cannabis scene in Spain right now. I´ve been asking sometimes, so i´ll approach this thread in order to put up all the info regarding that issue i can ghater.
Nowadays, its estimated that there are more than 600 clubs operating throughout the whole country. More than 300 are located in Catalonia (= Cataluña), being 200 in the metropolitan city area of Barcelona (= Barna = BCN).
Anyway, the trend is keep opening more and more Clubs everywhere, so certain small cities has started to keep off the permits for new openings.
Nonetheless, more and more big clubs are being opened, especially in main cities like Madriz, Valencia, Málaga, Alicante, etc...
On the other hand, it must be pointed out that CSC are still inna legal limbo, based on 2 statements: shared consume and collective grow. Theorically, you cannot throw ADs and such things, or get turists in your CSC, in order to not promote the drug abuse. Anyhow, some CSC are not following that grey legislation, and are working like straight coffeshops. This situation is especially worrying in BCN.
Obviously, some of the CSC are starting to get closed by local authorities in cases like this. Juts FYI:
First cannabis club shut down in Catalonia for drug trafficking
Authorities are keeping a closer eye on member-only associations that claim to be not-for-profit
Growing numbers of visitors are purchasing a few grams of marijuana while on holiday in Barcelona, a city that is already being described as the “Holland of the South.”
All one needs to do is become a member of a cannabis club, many of which advertise on the internet, and place an order by phone or online, as this newspaper has confirmed.
Club employees can also be found handing out flyers in the streets and leading interested passersby to club premises to help with the registration process. Membership fees are around €20.
Club employees can be found handing out flyers in the streets and leading passersby to club premises
But for the first time in the Catalan capital, a judge has ordered a club closure on the grounds that it was engaging in drug trafficking. The club, located in the district of Raval, had a price list for various marijuana products, besides selling drinks and snacks. Police observed an individual leading people off the street and into the club to get them registered on the spot and start selling them the drug.
“This way the tourists could consume and purchase marijuana without limits throughout their holiday,” said the Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, in a press release.
Catalonia has around 400 cannabis clubs that are officially registered as associations, half of them in the city of Barcelona. Just two years ago, there were only 40 such clubs in the entire Catalan region. Many of these member-only, not-for-profit associations claim to use marijuana for therapeutic uses.
Catalonia has around 400 cannabis clubs that are officially registered as associations, half of them in the capital
Yet their rapid growth and targeting of tourists has triggered greater oversight by authorities.
For years, the Federation of Self-Regulated Cannabis Associations of Catalonia (Fedcac) has been asking the regional government for some kind of regulation and insisting on the importance of distinguishing lawful clubs from the unlawful ones. This group has even drafted a code of good practices that all federation members must observe.
The Fedcac has an easy solution to end the cannabis tourism: “Just wait a week before the registration of a new member takes effect,” explains federation spokesman Albert Tió.
While the sector awaits legislation that has yet to see the light, the Fedcac figures there might be more than 165,000 club members altogether, of whom 60,000 are regular consumers who spend between €50 and €100 a month. In other words, these not-for-profits make around €5 million a month collectively.
Source: http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/06/11/inenglish/1402495530_584157.html
Best vibes and take care!!
Support your local CSC, and keep following the norm as best as you can dudes!
hasta luego!
Nowadays, its estimated that there are more than 600 clubs operating throughout the whole country. More than 300 are located in Catalonia (= Cataluña), being 200 in the metropolitan city area of Barcelona (= Barna = BCN).
Anyway, the trend is keep opening more and more Clubs everywhere, so certain small cities has started to keep off the permits for new openings.
Nonetheless, more and more big clubs are being opened, especially in main cities like Madriz, Valencia, Málaga, Alicante, etc...
On the other hand, it must be pointed out that CSC are still inna legal limbo, based on 2 statements: shared consume and collective grow. Theorically, you cannot throw ADs and such things, or get turists in your CSC, in order to not promote the drug abuse. Anyhow, some CSC are not following that grey legislation, and are working like straight coffeshops. This situation is especially worrying in BCN.
Obviously, some of the CSC are starting to get closed by local authorities in cases like this. Juts FYI:
First cannabis club shut down in Catalonia for drug trafficking
Authorities are keeping a closer eye on member-only associations that claim to be not-for-profit
Growing numbers of visitors are purchasing a few grams of marijuana while on holiday in Barcelona, a city that is already being described as the “Holland of the South.”
All one needs to do is become a member of a cannabis club, many of which advertise on the internet, and place an order by phone or online, as this newspaper has confirmed.
Club employees can also be found handing out flyers in the streets and leading interested passersby to club premises to help with the registration process. Membership fees are around €20.
Club employees can be found handing out flyers in the streets and leading passersby to club premises
But for the first time in the Catalan capital, a judge has ordered a club closure on the grounds that it was engaging in drug trafficking. The club, located in the district of Raval, had a price list for various marijuana products, besides selling drinks and snacks. Police observed an individual leading people off the street and into the club to get them registered on the spot and start selling them the drug.
“This way the tourists could consume and purchase marijuana without limits throughout their holiday,” said the Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, in a press release.
Catalonia has around 400 cannabis clubs that are officially registered as associations, half of them in the city of Barcelona. Just two years ago, there were only 40 such clubs in the entire Catalan region. Many of these member-only, not-for-profit associations claim to use marijuana for therapeutic uses.
Catalonia has around 400 cannabis clubs that are officially registered as associations, half of them in the capital
Yet their rapid growth and targeting of tourists has triggered greater oversight by authorities.
For years, the Federation of Self-Regulated Cannabis Associations of Catalonia (Fedcac) has been asking the regional government for some kind of regulation and insisting on the importance of distinguishing lawful clubs from the unlawful ones. This group has even drafted a code of good practices that all federation members must observe.
The Fedcac has an easy solution to end the cannabis tourism: “Just wait a week before the registration of a new member takes effect,” explains federation spokesman Albert Tió.
While the sector awaits legislation that has yet to see the light, the Fedcac figures there might be more than 165,000 club members altogether, of whom 60,000 are regular consumers who spend between €50 and €100 a month. In other words, these not-for-profits make around €5 million a month collectively.
Source: http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/06/11/inenglish/1402495530_584157.html
Best vibes and take care!!
Support your local CSC, and keep following the norm as best as you can dudes!
hasta luego!
