{"id":1294,"date":"2012-04-12T07:15:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T07:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=14290"},"modified":"2012-04-12T07:15:51","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T07:15:51","slug":"small-village-in-spain-considers-growing-marijuana-to-pay-off-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/small-village-in-spain-considers-growing-marijuana-to-pay-off-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Village in Spain Considers Growing Marijuana to Pay Off Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/small-village-in-spain-considers-growing-marijuana-to-pay-off-debt\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"277\" height=\"182\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/spain-village.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"spain village\" title=\"spain village\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14309\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/small-village-in-spain-considers-growing-marijuana-to-pay-off-debt\/attachment\/spain-village\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/spain-village-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The United States is not the only country to struggle financially over the past several years.\u00a0 Many feel that the <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/public\/resources\/documents\/info-EZdebt0210.html\" target=\"_blank\">European debt crisis<\/a> may be on the verge of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2012-04-11\/europe-s-debt-crisis-getting-worse-pimco-s-el-erian-says\" target=\"_blank\">financial catastrophe<\/a>.\u00a0 New age economic issues are not always fully understood by elected officials, and as always, people have to rely on their own creativity.<\/p>\n<p>A small village in Spain has proposed an idea appropriate for the new financial age.\u00a0 The residents of<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rasquera\" target=\"_blank\"> Rasquera<\/a> recently voted on a measure that would allow land to be leased to marijuana growers.\u00a0 The village is weighed down heavily with debt and the money generated from leasing the land would be directed toward climbing out of debt.\u00a0 In February, Rasquera was planning to move forward with the plan but delayed due to many voicing their opposition.\u00a0 As a result the plan was put to a vote by residents.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/business\/markets\/spanish-village-votes-to-grow-marijuana\/story-e6frfm30-1226323831279\" target=\"_blank\">The measure passed<\/a> with 56% in favor but fell well short of the required 75% that was required to move forward.\u00a0 It is unclear what will happen and if a new plan will be created.\u00a0 In the meantime, the people of Rasquera are desperate for economic relief and new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>With little help from world leaders, as always, it will be up to the people to try and better their own situations.\u00a0 Rasquera is one of countless areas in the world that has to consider alternative ideas to generating economic success.\u00a0 Will the government\u2019s of the world accept a new approach, or will they place a higher value on being \u201cright\u201d and continue a century of fighting a plant that will continue to grow naturally.\u00a0 At this point, marijuana advocates are not asking for help, rather, they just want the world\u2019s governments to step aside and stay out of the way of progression.<\/p>\n<p>Rasquera may not currently be in a position to start leasing their land to marijuana cultivators, but the story has garnered worldwide attention.\u00a0 Surely another village, city, or country will take a long hard look at the idea.\u00a0 All it will take is one municipality willing to utilize a progressive approach toward marijuana regulation. \u00a0Cannabis may be the most financially secure crop in the world to grow with corn and tomatoes not being enough to usher in a new age of financial prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"277\" height=\"182\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/spain-village.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"spain village\" title=\"spain village\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14309\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/small-village-in-spain-considers-growing-marijuana-to-pay-off-debt\/attachment\/spain-village\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/spain-village-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The United States is not the only country to struggle financially over the past several years.\u00a0 Many feel that the <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/public\/resources\/documents\/info-EZdebt0210.html\" target=\"_blank\">European debt crisis<\/a> may be on the verge of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2012-04-11\/europe-s-debt-crisis-getting-worse-pimco-s-el-erian-says\" target=\"_blank\">financial catastrophe<\/a>.\u00a0 New age economic issues are not always fully understood by elected officials, and as always, people have to rely on their own creativity.<\/p>\n<p>A small village in Spain has proposed an idea appropriate for the new financial age.\u00a0 The residents of<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rasquera\" target=\"_blank\"> Rasquera<\/a> recently voted on a measure that would allow land to be leased to marijuana growers.\u00a0 The village is weighed down heavily with debt and the money generated from leasing the land would be directed toward climbing out of debt.\u00a0 In February, Rasquera was planning to move forward with the plan but delayed due to many voicing their opposition.\u00a0 As a result the plan was put to a vote by residents.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/business\/markets\/spanish-village-votes-to-grow-marijuana\/story-e6frfm30-1226323831279\" target=\"_blank\">The measure passed<\/a> with 56% in favor but fell well short of the required 75% that was required to move forward.\u00a0 It is unclear what will happen and if a new plan will be created.\u00a0 In the meantime, the people of Rasquera are desperate for economic relief and new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>With little help from world leaders, as always, it will be up to the people to try and better their own situations.\u00a0 Rasquera is one of countless areas in the world that has to consider alternative ideas to generating economic success.\u00a0 Will the government\u2019s of the world accept a new approach, or will they place a higher value on being \u201cright\u201d and continue a century of fighting a plant that will continue to grow naturally.\u00a0 At this point, marijuana advocates are not asking for help, rather, they just want the world\u2019s governments to step aside and stay out of the way of progression.<\/p>\n<p>Rasquera may not currently be in a position to start leasing their land to marijuana cultivators, but the story has garnered worldwide attention.\u00a0 Surely another village, city, or country will take a long hard look at the idea.\u00a0 All it will take is one municipality willing to utilize a progressive approach toward marijuana regulation. \u00a0Cannabis may be the most financially secure crop in the world to grow with corn and tomatoes not being enough to usher in a new age of financial prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,1277,56,9,51,70,361,362,1,3,61],"tags":[2632,3847,2636,2631,5,2939,2940,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}