Cannabis social clubs in Spain

Arana, Xabier; Parés, Òscar

doi:10.4324/9780429427794-18

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“…This is perhaps not surprising, as it is reasonable to question why an occasional user would prefer to register in a cultivation club to get cannabis only once or a few times a year, over the option of being allowed to simply walk into a legal retail store and buy the product. In contrast with coffee shops and cannabis stores, CSCs are not commercial entities, but they represent a proposal of self-production and self-distribution of cannabis for the personal use of adults, which are organized in nonprofit systems of shared responsibility (Arana and S anchez, 2016).…”

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Hanfparade 2022: protest and participants’ views on cannabis legalization in Germany

Skliamis

2023

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it investigates the characteristics of Hanfparade 2022 – the biggest prolegalization festival in Germany – and its visitors, as well as the main reason for participation in Hanfparade. Findings are compared to those from Hanfparade 2016 to explore whether the main reason for festival attendance has changed since the legalization of medical cannabis in 2017 and since the announcement of plans for cannabis legalization. Second, this paper assesses Hanfparade participants’ views on cannabis legalization in Germany, in particular their opinions on and their preferences for retail supply options. Design/methodology/approach This study is a replication of a research conducted in 2016 at the same festival in Berlin, with a slightly adapted questionnaire. In this study, a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods was used: observation at the festival, interviews before and after the festival with the organizer and a survey among festival attendees (n = 183). Findings Protest still looks relevant for the participants at Hanfparade, and the announcement of plans for legalization does not seem to downgrade this feeling. The participants have positive opinions about self-supply through home cultivation, noncommercial supply through Cannabis Social Clubs (CSCs) and commercial supply through stores similar to Dutch coffee shops. However, positive opinions do not necessarily reflect a personal preference, e.g. CSCs were very low in personal preferences. The options of home cultivation and CSCs were more popular among daily users. Originality/value This study contributes to the ongoing debate in Germany, focusing on views of cannabis users.

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Hanfparade 2022: protest and participants’ views on cannabis legalization in Germany

Skliamis

2023

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“…when individual CSCs were brought to court), the more recent verdicts seem to have left the Spanish CSCs in a position where they 'have very little room to maneuver and must use considerable creativity' to avoid sanctions (p. 319). 144 The experiences of the unregulated CSCs in Spain have nevertheless been studied over the years.…”

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Alternatives to profit-maximising commercial models of cannabis supply for non-medical use

2023

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