Spanish town grows cannabis

Sunnyisland

A SMALL town in Spain believes it has found a novel way to pay off its debt: cultivating cannabis.
Tucked in the hills of one of Spain's most picturesque regions, the Catalonian village of Rasquera has agreed to rent out land to grow marijuana, an enterprise the local authorities say will allow them to pay off their €1.3m debt in two years.
Local authorities are keeping the location of the site top secret while Spain's attorney general investigates the legality of the project. The Catalan regional government has also asked the village for further information about the plan.
Spanish towns are swamped in debt after a construction boom that imploded in 2008. Almost one in four Spanish workers is jobless and many cities are behind in salaries for government employees.
hnews@herald.ie
http://www.herald.ie/news/how-broke-spanish-towns-going-to-pot-3044403.html

Be very interesting to see the outcome of this and if the local council does pay of its debt,It should be a winner financially imo.....Sure it wont be long before Ireland follows :rolleyes: Some one give luke ming flanagan a ring there and let him keep an eye on it.

AngryBollix

Bleedin' junkies

Nothingbetter2d

we would be better off producing LSD to cure our drunks :P

mackg

They'll regret this, drugs destroy families or so I hear...

Poor Uncle Tom

Couldn't happen here weed be too hash on em, the plan would be up in smoke before long, everyone would blow their money on it.....:p

Sykk

mackg wrote: »

They'll regret this, drugs destroy families or so I hear...

2/10

Kurz

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Couldn't happen here weed be too hash on em, the plan would be up in smoke before long, everyone would blow their money on it.....:p

If this catches on they'll be rolling in it

CardBordWindow

....I'm hungry

mackg

Sykk wrote: »

2/10

=.2

Seachmall

Kurz wrote: »

If this catches on they'll be rolling in it

Highly unlikely though, I don't mean to be blunt but it'll probably blow back in their faces when the lawers get their papers out and spark a frenzy of injunctions.

RobbieTheRobber

The laws about marijuana have changed since january of this year and as far as I remember every person is now legally allowed cultivate one plant in catalunya.

Dont know if that has anything to do with this though.

Edit: They are apparently allowed grow four plants.
http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/201112131543/green/eco-news/cannabis-legal-and-regulated-in-spain.html


I must take spanish lessons so I can move and live in a country that treats adults like well adults (and I would be able to go and watch Messi play).

Dravokivich

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Couldn't happen here weed be too hash on em, the plan would be up in smoke before long, everyone would blow their money on it.....:p

Kurz wrote: »

If this catches on they'll be rolling in it

Seachmall wrote: »

Highly unlikely though, I don't mean to be blunt but it'll probably blow back in their faces when the lawers get their papers out and spark a frenzy of injunctions.

Thanks for using bold on the key words, I would not have noticed the jokes otherwise.

Seachmall

Dravokivich wrote: »

Thanks for using bold on the key words, I would not have noticed the jokes otherwise.

The bold is just for hemphasis.

inforfun

Result will be a cannabis boom if those plans will be legal for all cities?

Kurz

inforfun wrote: »

Result will be a cannabis boom if those plans will be legal for all cities?

If it does get the go ahead and is a success, there'll probably be a bit of a boom in it. It happened and is still happening in California and their laws aren't even properly sorted yet.

Yakult

Don't tell Mexico.

123balltv

They should grow low carb marijuana its all the range

Poor Uncle Tom

Dravokivich wrote: »

Thanks for using bold on the key words, I would not have noticed the jokes otherwise.

Don't be a drag man.

Nodster

suppose you've gotta roll with the times

eth0

I prefer this means of paying for local services over the household charge.

One reason being that it might actually be used to pay for local services

YFlyer

Seachmall wrote: »

Highly unlikely though, I don't mean to be blunt but it'll probably blow back in their faces when the lawers get their papers out and spark a frenzy of injunctions.

Feeling a whitener coming on

mikom

realies wrote: »

A SMALL town in Spain believes it has found a novel way to pay off its debt: cultivating cannabis.
Tucked in the hills of one of Spain's most picturesque regions, the Catalonian village of Rasquera has agreed to rent out land to grow marijuana, an enterprise the local authorities say will allow them to pay off their €1.3m debt in two years.
Local authorities are keeping the location of the site top secret while Spain's attorney general investigates the legality of the project. The Catalan regional government has also asked the village for further information about the plan.
Spanish towns are swamped in debt after a construction boom that imploded in 2008. Almost one in four Spanish workers is jobless and many cities are behind in salaries for government employees.
hnews@herald.ie
http://www.herald.ie/news/how-broke-spanish-towns-going-to-pot-3044403.html

Be very interesting to see the outcome of this and if the local council does pay of its debt,It should be a winner financially imo.....Sure it wont be long before Ireland follows :rolleyes: Some one give luke ming flanagan a ring there and let him keep an eye on it.

8 states in the U.S poised to legalize marijuana and regulate it more like alcohol

1. California: Regulate Marijuana Like Wine
2. Colorado: Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act
3. Michigan: The 2012 Michigan Ballot Initiative to End Marijuana Prohibition
4. Missouri: Show-Me Cannabis Regulation
5. Montana: Montana First: Ending Criminal Penalties for Marijuana
6. Nebraska: The Nebraska Cannabis Initiative
7. Oregon: Oregon Cannabis Tax Act of 2012
8. Washington: Initiative 502

Meanwhile in paddy land.........