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Cannabis clubs of Spain: Inside the legal weed dens which are turning Barcelona into Amsterdam

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 05/18/2015 - 08:00

It's hard to know what to think about the Spanish government. On the one hand it is one of the most conservative, even repressive, administrations in Western Europe; just look at the plans it put forward last year to restrict abortion (plans which were themselves swiftly aborted), and the new 'ley mordaza' or gag law, which imposes severe restrictions on the right to protest (and which recently prompted a groundbreaking hologram protest in Madrid).

Yet, on the other hand, it has allowed a new approach to drug use to take root and flourish across the north of the country, one which, some have suggested, is turning Barcelona into the Amsterdam of southern Europe.

A network of cannabis clubs has sprung up across Barcelona, Valencia and the Basque Country, providing a venue for marijuana smokers to gather together and smoke, without fear of arrest or confiscation. The clubs are allowed to...

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