Recession leads to a boom in home grown marihuana in Spain: "economic recession has led many in Spain to start growing their own marihuana, with the Police describing what is going on as a ‘boom’.
In the month of October alone they have found a dozen of cases across the country, from A Coruña in the north to Chiva, Alicante in the south, where people have been growing marihuana at home.
A police spokesman from the anti-drug unit in Madrid told 20minutos.es that ‘The people are growing plants to reduce the price of their consumption and as a way of generating an additional income by selling to friends.’
The Guardia Civil considers that the number of marihuana hauls has risen in line with an estimated 30% jump in use.
Police say urbanisations of detached villas away from the city often offer an oasis of privacy both for the growth of the plants and for the facilities to process the drug afterwards.
Most of the police action in such cases originates from a tip-off from a neighbour, unless the neighbour decides to steal some of the plants for himself. Mafia groups are also using such properties and the Guardia Civil notes that foreigners are common in such activity."
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