Recreational Marijuana In Spain: Barcelona Police Aren't Concerned With Patrolling Cannabis Clubs Or Public Smoking
Recreational marijuana use is not permitted in public in Barcelona, but that hasn’t stopped non-profit cannabis clubs and discrete smoker lounges from popping up all over the Catalan region.
There are over 800 smokers clubs in Spain now compared to the mere 40 in the country in 2010. Despite the influx of clubs, patrolling public smoking isn’t at the top of the Spanish police’s to-do list.
Medical marijuana is legal in the country and residents are allowed to smoke weed and grow up to three plants in the privacy of their own home. Marijuana advocates in Barcelona are pushing for legalized recreational use in the country. Right now, growing, processing, selling and transporting marijuana outside of the regulated medical cannabis facilities is illegal, which can put some clubs in a sticky situation if they can’t guarantee patrons won’t use the product outside...
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