Cannabis is not legal in Spain

[Guest]

Well now iam totally confused , i alway's thought that cannabis was legal in Spain ,


Spain to experiment with cannabis

Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa

Tuesday 01 Feb 2005
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Madrid, Spain
Four hospitals and 60 pharmacies in the north-eastern Spanish region of
Catalonia will distribute cannabis to patients suffering from Aids, cancer,
multiple sclerosis or chronic pain of nervous origin, local media reported
on Tuesday.

The Catalan regional government has agreed with the Spanish health ministry
that patients not responding to conventional treatments may be prescribed
capsules containing powder made of cannabis, the plant from which marijuana
and hashish are made.

The one-year pioneering experiment, which follows a similar one in The
Netherlands, is due to start mid-year.

Cannabis is believed to increase appetite in Aids patients, to reduce
nausea and vomiting in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and to
alleviate muscular pain caused by multiple sclerosis as well as chronic
pain of nervous origin.

Marijuana is banned in Spain, but many people are already using it for
medicinal purposes. Many of them smoke it instead of taking it orally, a
method that can irritate and cause cancer of the respiratory tract, experts
said.

The goal of the experiment is to monitor such patients and to allow others
to benefit from the possible therapeutic effects of cannabis. -- Sapa-DPA


pain: Catalonia plans cannabis prescriptions

Reuters

Tuesday 01 Feb 2005
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MADRID, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Spain's northeastern Catalonia region is planning
to make cannabis available on prescription to the seriously ill, a regional
health official said on Tuesday.

The pioneering project, which still has to be approved by the national
Ministry of Health, would dispense the drug through four hospitals and 60
pharmacies to patients undergoing chemotherapy or those affected by chronic pain.

"We will start with a pilot programme for some chronic diseases," Catalan
health councillor Marina Geli told journalists.

The drug, which is illegal in Spain, would be dispensed in capsules to
patients who doctors believe have not responded well to other medicines.

The ministry has not yet set a date for the project to start as some
technical questions need to be resolved, but said there was "good
understanding" between the two sides.

Geli said patients, who would be tracked to evaluate the programme, could
start receiving the drug in the first half of this year.

 

[Guest]

thats the med side ,the reality is the cops will turn a blind eye to possession and minor cultivation i been told

 

[Guest]

i have seen pic's of med user's growing roof tops full of weed in Majorka , like 1 /10 roof tops were jungles & i know that Spanish law say's what ever you do in your home is your business .. anyway'sss !!!

peace

 

[cannabinol]

It is legal

It is legal

To smoke cannabis in your own home, according to the Spanish Constitution.

Smoking and possession in public could be handled with a 300 euros fine.

Smoking in a members club, as a member, is perfectly legal as well.

 

[Freakazoid44]

Also, how long has pot been illegal in the US? Something like 60 to 70 years?

However, where I live now, it used to be a $15 fine (back in the early 80s), or something like that (like a parking ticket) if you got busted smoking reefer on the steps of the State Capitol.

So, illegal, yes. Serious? Not back then.

 

[Guest]

Yeah back in the days , about 20 years in Toronto , i remember in my neighbourhood , the cops used to chase us out of parks , until we found a house to smoke in where we new we were always safe ..

and if & when they caught us , if we had 3 or 4 g's on us , they did nothing !!!

but as soon as we tried to step out of the area with some hash , then it was a 52 $ dollar fine & a promise to appear court date paper ..

peace

 

[Capt. Crip]

not legal but.........

not legal but.........

....what you do in the privacy of your home is your biz and the gov. doesn't interfere with what goes on behind closed doors.

 

[bartender187]

^^^^
exactly

Spain prizes its citizen's privacy over all other measures. The draconian rule of Franco durrin the 50-70's sparked a revolution that created one of the most liberal freedom filled consitution in existence to today.

I plan on retirin' in Spain... i would never give up my spanish citizenship for anything.

peace

 

[minister667]

Yup consumption of ANY drug is legal in Spain as long as you do it at home. Up until 1992 it was legal on the street as well but the increase of heroin users and the danger that discarded syringes implied changed that.

Our then Minister of the Interior Mr. Corcuera drafted a law by which consumption and illegal posession on the street can be fined. The problem is he included all drugs and not just the hard drugs.

Consumption in private clubs is still sort of an issue. I thought it was legal but the AMEC(Asociación Madrileña de Estudios sobre el Cannabis) of which I am a member got raided recently and some of our stashes were seized and our personal data taken.

P.S: Antother beautiful thing about the "corcuera" law is that it states that only illegal posession of drugs can be fined but they never defined a legal way to carry drugs.

 

[Guest]

Lets see now , move to Spain or return to Canada , move to Spain or return to Canada .. Spain is hot & sunny :smile: , Toronto is damn friggin cold in the winter & humid in the summer .. hmmm i dont know !!

peace

 

[Guest]

well...apparently..most cops are male cops and they arent allowed to frisk any females...so its usually women that hold the pot, so whena female cop comes along...everone bolts

 

[Rider]

Lets see now , move to Spain or return to Canada , move to Spain or return to Canada .. Spain is hot & sunny :smile: , Toronto is damn friggin cold in the winter & humid in the summer .. hmmm i dont know !!

peace

LOL man i grew up in Toronto in the 80's at young and Shepperd to be exact you know Willowdale. Anyway you should give BC a try, man if you like warm winters Victoria island or Vancouver is for you. Vancouver tends to be a little on the wet side but there is the sunshine coast just north of the city. FYI did you know Victoria island is larger then England and has the population of a suburb of London well a small one.

Ya i got busted by the cops in Toronto to the guy just dumped it out and said bad boys. But the most amount of fun i had with the police was when i got pulled over for speeding and a gram of coke fell out of my wallet believe it or not the Officer looked the other way when i picked it up.

Here in BC I've had cops pull me over with the car full of smoke ya cannabis smoke yet they never even said a word about it, never-mind searching me. I've had police walk by while me and my friends smoke a joint outside a club so i have to say BC is even more pot friendly then Ontario and a hell of a lot warmer!!!

If you like heat try the Okanagan valley lots of sun and hot and i mean hot summers 40c plus.

BTW in Canada you can get medical cannabis from the government Spain is just catching up in that regard. But Canadians till don't have all the rights Spanish people have, thats the right to possess drugs for personal use! Thats just one of the reasons way i hold such a high opinion of the Spanish people. And yes even envy you guys. But it could be worse i could be American.

 

[Guest]

Holy smokes Rider : iam from Bayview & Shepperd man !! wow what a trip , this is now 3 people i have met in the IC , that live or lived in my area

yeah man 33 division never did shit to us , but 32 were assholes

anyways eventually i gotta return to Toronto , i have like 3 years to do my income tax

Yes i will come up to B.C , i have some friends that live there now , so it should be pretty cool ..

peace

 

[Harry Gypsna]

Moving to spain has been zooming around my min=d for the last 3 or 4 months. It wouls actually be easy for me as my Dad drives an articulated lorry all over spain for a living. He used to go all ob=ver europe, but the firm he is involved in now only do Spain mostly, and occasionally portuagal. Anyway, my dad has a GF out there( old dog, 55 this year and got himself a 30 yr old Czeck barmaid, lol. She has a house over there with loads of space, so I would have somewhere to stay while I found a job, and somewhere to live, but my bg dream is to do a massive crop over here once every couple of years...thats how massive...then get rid and go to spain and chill, travveling around the wprld, but based in Spain. Its a dream of course, but why not eh, lol. My bro always says I should be in the army as a "Gunner" coz im "Gonna" do this, and Im "Gonna" do that...lol, gettint, gunner.onna, cheesy innit, hehehe. Anyway, as far as i know its ok to have it at ur own place to smoke, but u cant go flashing it abpout and being blatant or a dick about it, and I hear they really fuck you if they consider you to be "Trafficing" which covers selling and a variety of other offences I think. Id still love to do it though, and be able to have a little place near thesea somewhere, but away from the tourist places, with a private agrden, and a good water supply, lol.