Cannabis is the most widely used drug in the Basque Country: 86.3 kilograms of marijuana and 58 kilograms of hashish last year
The Ertzaintza has stated that the Basque Country is an "exporter" of marijuana: the plant grows there and is then sold across Europe.
Cannabis is the most widely used drugin the Basque Country, ahead of cocaine. Last year, the Ertzaintza seized 7,500 marijuana plants, 86.3 kilograms of marijuana (ready to be consumed) and 58.3 kilograms of hashish .
This data comes from the latest EITB Data study, which has analysed cannabis use in Hego Euskal Herria . The report collects data from various studies and surveys on drug use, risk of addiction, attitudes towards legalization and the evolution of arrests, among others.
Exporting territory
These data from the study, as well as the EITB interviews following the report, show that the Basque Country is a territory exporting marijuana, as explained by the ertzaina Hermelo Molero of the Drug Group of the Bilbao Police Station.
"We produce more marijuana than is consumed here, so criminal groups based in our territory sell their production abroad. At European level, the further north it goes, the more valuable it is, "he said.
Molero says it is "more interesting"for these groups to sell the drug "in France, Germany or Switzerland" even though it is located "throughout the Basque Country." "Their activity is to plant marijuana here, not for distribution in the Basque Country, but for sale throughout Europe," he explains.
The Chief of Investigation of the Bilbao Police Station, Asier Jauregi , has explained that "there are specialized and professionalizedgroups "in the Basque Country that" devote 100% of their time to the sale of marijuana. "
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