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 cannabis clubs are appealing for many foreign residents and tourists, but there are many misconceptions about them. Are they really legal? How do you find and join them? Here’s everything you need to know about cannabis clubs in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20220930/explained-everything-you-need-to-know-about-cannabis-clubs-in-spain Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:13:58 +0200 explained-everything-you-need-to-know-about-cannabis-clubs-in-spain 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 police said Sunday they had dismantled an international hashish trafficking ring which allegedly used industrial warehouses that had been repossessed by banks to grow huge amounts of marijuana. https://www.thelocal.es/20171218/spain-breaks-ring-that-used-bank-warehouses-to-grow-marijuana Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:46:59 +0100 spain-breaks-ring-that-used-bank-warehouses-to-grow-marijuana Spain's national police have seized thousands of marijuana plants due for export to the UK and made eight arrests after raids in Barcelona and Girona. https://www.thelocal.es/20171108/spanish-police-seize-thousands-of-marijuana-plants-destined-for-uk Wed, 08 Nov 2017 13:55:01 +0100 spanish-police-seize-thousands-of-marijuana-plants-destined-for-uk Spanish police have seized 300 kilos of marijuana and more than 30,000 examples of fake designer underwear following a raid in the Valencian autonomous community. https://www.thelocal.es/20170928/spanish-police-make-major-marijuana-and-underwear-bust Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:12:46 +0200 spanish-police-make-major-marijuana-and-underwear-bust Spanish police have arrested four Britons who cultivated cannabis in greenhouses in southern Spain sending out packages of the drug to the UK and Ireland via Spain’s postal service. https://www.thelocal.es/20161118/brits-arrested-in-spain-over-marijuana-mail-order-service Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:29:09 +0100 brits-arrested-in-spain-over-marijuana-mail-order-service 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 Spain’s National Police have raided a huge marijuana plantation which they believe was run by an organized crime ring in a town near Seville, after locals tipped them off about the operation. https://www.thelocal.es/20161114/spanish-police-bust-huge-cannabis-farm-but-lose-high-speed-car-chase Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:43:52 +0100 spanish-police-bust-huge-cannabis-farm-but-lose-high-speed-car-chase 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 Spanish police have uncovered hundreds of marijuana plants in a disused hotel on the Mediterranean coast and arrested four people as part of the operation, they said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160318/spanish-police-bust-hotel-marijuana-at-beachside-resort Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:08:28 +0100 spanish-police-bust-hotel-marijuana-at-beachside-resort Police in a Catalan town are complaining that they are "feeling the effects of smoking something illegal" due to the huge amounts of confiscated weed stored in the station. https://www.thelocal.es/20150902/catalan-police-complain-confiscated-weed Wed, 02 Sep 2015 18:00:00 +0200 catalan-police-complain-confiscated-weed 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 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 The Spanish region of Catalonia is finalizing plans to legalize medical marijuana, a move authorities say will not only aid patients but also help the region to crack down on its booming cannabis club scene. https://www.thelocal.es/20140828/catalonia-set-to-legalize-medical-marijuana-spain-dope-hashish Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:03:00 +0200 catalonia-set-to-legalize-medical-marijuana-spain-dope-hashish 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 Barcelona city council announced on Friday that no new cannabis clubs will be allowed to open in the city for one year in order to halt their proliferation and allow for tighter regulation of the 160 clubs that already exist. https://www.thelocal.es/20140613/barcelona-bans-new-cannabis-clubs-for-one-year Fri, 13 Jun 2014 18:58:00 +0200 barcelona-bans-new-cannabis-clubs-for-one-year Spain is still top of the European Union table for both cocaine and cannabis consumption among young people, official EU figures released on Tuesday show. The Local spoke to the director of Spain's Foundation against Drug Addiction to find out more. https://www.thelocal.es/20140528/spain-keeps-crown-in-eu-cocaine-rankings Wed, 28 May 2014 13:53:00 +0200 spain-keeps-crown-in-eu-cocaine-rankings Spanish police have arrested 42 people for selling and trafficking a highly addictive and dangerous form of methamphetamine known on the street as shabu. https://www.thelocal.es/20140318/42-arrested-for-selling-dangerous-drug-shabu Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:56:00 +0100 42-arrested-for-selling-dangerous-drug-shabu