https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's Medicines Agency will soon set out the conditions for pharmacies to be able to dispense cannabis with THC - the psychoactive component that makes you feel ‘high’ - when prescribed for therapeutic purposes. https://www.thelocal.es/20220622/pharmacies-in-spain-will-able-to-sell-medical-marijuana-by-the-end-of-2022 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:53:57 +0200 pharmacies-in-spain-will-able-to-sell-medical-marijuana-by-the-end-of-2022 The growers of a marijuana plantation on the rooftop of an apartment in Catalonia have been rumbled after viewers spotted the greenery in aerial footage of Spain’s Vuelta cycling race. https://www.thelocal.es/20190904/rooftop-weed-plantation-revealed-during-spains-vuelta-cycle-race-coverage Wed, 04 Sep 2019 13:17:33 +0200 rooftop-weed-plantation-revealed-during-spains-vuelta-cycle-race-coverage Spanish authorities said on Saturday they had arrested two Britons after intercepting a stash of synthetic d rugs "80 times stronger" than cannabis smuggled inside sacks of coffee into the southeastern city of Alicante. https://www.thelocal.es/20170415/spain-uncovers-drug-80-times-stronger-than-cannabis Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:18:54 +0200 spain-uncovers-drug-80-times-stronger-than-cannabis Authorities in Spain closed down a cannabis club in Barcelona that sold marijuana candy and other similar products to more than 16,000 people, many of them tourists, police said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20161116/barcelona-cannabis-club-shut-down-for-selling-marijuana-candy Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:48:06 +0100 barcelona-cannabis-club-shut-down-for-selling-marijuana-candy A law passed on Thursday places tighter restrictions on tobacco and alcohol consumption, but actually opens the door a bit for more cannabis clubs. https://www.thelocal.es/20160408/basque-parliament-bans-smoking-and-drinking-in-stadiums Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:30:00 +0200 basque-parliament-bans-smoking-and-drinking-in-stadiums Police made the haul after stopping a truck which seemed to be travelling without any cargo... until they checked its fuel tank. https://www.thelocal.es/20151229/police-seize Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:58:07 +0100 police-seize Spanish customs officers have seized some 10 tonnes of cannabis from a yacht off the country's southern coast and arrested three Dutch suspects on board, the finance ministry said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150915/yacht-stuffed-cannabis-southern-spain Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:58:59 +0200 yacht-stuffed-cannabis-southern-spain Spain has overtaken the Netherlands as a marijuana smoking nation and is third in the world behind Iceland and the United States, new data shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20150826/number-of-cannabis-clubs-in-madrid-are-on-the-rise Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:03:17 +0200 number-of-cannabis-clubs-in-madrid-are-on-the-rise Spain's highest court has declared a cannabis club in Bilbao in violation of public health - the court’s first ruling on such clubs - which could set precedent for smoking collectives in the future. https://www.thelocal.es/20150709/high-court-ruling-deals-blow-to-cannabis-clubs Thu, 09 Jul 2015 12:21:00 +0200 high-court-ruling-deals-blow-to-cannabis-clubs The number of Spaniards who said they started using cannabis in 2013 outnumbered those who said they took up smoking cigarettes, according to a government study released Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150304/tokers-outnumber-smokers-in-spain-for-first-time Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:50:00 +0100 tokers-outnumber-smokers-in-spain-for-first-time Spanish police have seized 11 tonnes of hashish and detained 55 people as part of a vast operation targeting a Moroccan drug trafficking ring, sources said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150123/drug-bust-55-arrested-in-raids-on-hash-ring Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:39:00 +0100 drug-bust-55-arrested-in-raids-on-hash-ring People on the Spanish Canary island of Fuerteventura lit up over the weekend to celebrate Saint Canuto's day; the patron saint of Denmark who also lends his name to the Spanish word for joint. https://www.thelocal.es/20150119/cannabis-fest-hits-canary-islands Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:09:00 +0100 cannabis-fest-hits-canary-islands More than half of all Spaniards are in favour of the legalization of the sale and use of marijuana for adults despite a general toughening on people's stance towards drugs, a new study shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20141211/only-one-in-two-spaniards-think-smoking-is-dangerous Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:32:00 +0100 only-one-in-two-spaniards-think-smoking-is-dangerous Drug traffickers tried to set fire to their own ship to get rid of tonnes of hashish on board after being intercepted by a Spanish navy ship, the Spanish government said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141126/traffickers-set-fire-to-hashish-ship-off-spain Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:30:00 +0100 traffickers-set-fire-to-hashish-ship-off-spain Eight people were taken to hospital in Oviedo, in the north of Spain, on Saturday after a birthday party guest served a chocolate cake which had been baked by his mother using marijuana butter. https://www.thelocal.es/20141125/cannabis-cake-puts-party-guests-in-hospital Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:14:00 +0100 cannabis-cake-puts-party-guests-in-hospital Cannabis clubs in Catalonia will face stricter regulations from Thursday with the region's parliamentary health commission set to raise the minimum age for membership from 18 to 21 while prohibiting new clubs from opening near schools and nurseries. https://www.thelocal.es/20141103/barcelona-raises-age-limit-for-cannabis-clubs Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:23:00 +0100 barcelona-raises-age-limit-for-cannabis-clubs City authorities ordered the closure of 49 cannabis clubs in Barcelona on Wednesday, the latest move to tighten a legal loophole that has given the city a global reputation as a 'pothead's paradise'. https://www.thelocal.es/20140814/barcelona-weeds-out-49-cannabis-clubs Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:28:00 +0200 barcelona-weeds-out-49-cannabis-clubs Hundreds of cannabis clubs are cropping up all over Barcelona thanks to owners exploiting a legal loophole, which doesn't penalise people for setting up smokers' associations. https://www.thelocal.es/20140727/barcelona-a-new-haven-for-cannabis-smokers Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:57:00 +0200 barcelona-a-new-haven-for-cannabis-smokers The president of a top cannabis association in Catalonia has been arrested over suspected money laundering, Spanish media outlets reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140711/catalan-cannabis-bosses-arrested-on-money-laundering Fri, 11 Jul 2014 12:25:00 +0200 catalan-cannabis-bosses-arrested-on-money-laundering Spain's Civil Guard police force has smashed a major airborne cannabis-smuggling organisation operating out of Cádiz, Spain's southernmost province, just across the Strait of Gibraltar from Morocco. https://www.thelocal.es/20140704/police-grab-four-planes-as-16-busted-for-hashish-smuggling Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:29:00 +0200 police-grab-four-planes-as-16-busted-for-hashish-smuggling