Barcelone ferme 49 clubs de cannabis

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Barcelone ferme 49 clubs de cannabis

26 août 2014

Afin de mettre fin au flou juridique entourant les clubs de cannabis, les autorités municipales ont ordonné la fermeture de 49 clubs à Barcelone. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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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'.

Barcelona City Hall ordered the closures after an inspection of 145 cannabis clubs found a number with "deficiencies in their functioning and problems of coexistence with neighbours", it said in a statement.

Dealing in cannabis is illegal in Spain but the law does not prohibit growing it for private consumption. It also allows the existence of smokers' associations or cannabis clubs.

Club members pay an annual subscription fee plus a variable fee to cover the cost of producing the cannabis they consume.

Some clubs are suspected of stepping over the line, however, venturing beyond their non-profit association activities into full-blown drug-dealing.

Local authorities, concerned by their growth, imposed a moratorium last year on associations opening premises for smoking the drug.

Following the closures on Wednesday, the Catalan federation of cannabis associations, CatFAC, appealed for dialogue between the authorities and the clubs.

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