Spanish village grows drugs to pay $1.7m debt
Farmers in Catalunya cultivating marijuana after collapse of construction boom and years of overspending.
Published On 11 Apr 2012
The village of Rasquera in Spain’s Catalunya region has found a controversial way of paying off its $1.7m debt.
The collapse of the construction boom and years of overspending have all taken their toll on the village.
This has led local politicians to consider a profitable solution, growing marijuana, and it is legal.
Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego reports from Rasquera.
Source: Al Jazeera