According to Amiguet, there are estimated 1,200 cannabis clubs in Spain—a movement worth over half a billion euros. Cannabis clubs in Spain are prising open their doors as the country enters the second phase of lockdown de-escalation. Spain’s first cannabis club opened in 2001, providing a legal loophole for consumption in private spaces, which, according to campaigners, has helped reduce illicit market sales. ConFac claims 10,000 jobs in the cannabis club movement were affected by lockdown with salaries slashed or people fired. Patricia Amiguet, president of the Catalan Federation of Cannabis Associations (Cat-FAC), told High Times that lockdown meant an estimated 300,000 cannabis club members were resorting to illicit market sources for supplies.
Cannabis clubs in Spain are prising open their doors as the country enters the second phase of lockdown de-escalation. But campaigners say socio-economic impacts of the shutdown prove cannabis is an accepted norm of mainstream Spanish society, and private weed clubs should be allowed to dispense like pharmacies if illicit market forces are to be defeated once and for all.
Spain’s first cannabis club opened in 2001, providing a legal loophole for consumption in private spaces, which,...
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