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Spanish village votes to rent field for pot
The Province Wednesday 11 Apr 2012 Council on Feb. 29 approved the plan to rent seven hectares of public land to an association that promotes the legal recreational or therapeutic use of cannabis by its 5,000 members in a 4-3 vote. But since the plan was met with fierce opposition from some residents and opposition parties who fear it will turn the village located 140 kilometres south of Barcelona into a drug mecca, the council agreed to put it to a referendum. A total of 804 residents were eligible to cast ballots in the referendum that posed the question: "Do you agree with the anti-crisis plan approved by the Rasquera town hall on Feb. 29?" Private consumption of cannabis is not outlawed in Spain, although it is illegal to sell the drug. Rasquera, where local produce traditionally includes olives and grapes, is suffering from the country's severe public-financing crisis and hopes income from renting the land will help it pay down its $1.7-million debt. The council, controlled by a pro-Catalan independence party, says the plan would create 40 direct and indirect jobs, mostly involving the harvesting of the cannabis crop. It argues the field can be rented to the Barcelona Personal Use Cannabis Association for over 10 times the regular market price. The Barcelona-based cannabis smokers' association will reportedly pay the village $854,000 a year for the right to grow its annual supply there. Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Spanish+village+votes+rent+field/6440104/story.html#ixzz1rjLDiJtS
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