Aged high: Pensioners in trouble for lacing cake with marijuana

A couple of pensioners, one aged 78 years and the other 67, are in trouble with the police after serving up a homemade cake laced with marijuana.

They gathered with a group of unsuspecting friends in their usual pub, located in the town of Arta, to share a tasty homemade treat known as "coca casera", a cake of Catalan origins.

What their friends didn't know was that the two chefs had used cannabis in the preparation of the cake.  Three of them required medical treatment after eating their share of the treat. One of the people who had to visit the hospital was the owner of the bar, and the other two were among the group of pensioner friends.

Apparently its not the first time the friends have used cannabis in food for their own consumption, but up until now there have been no problems. This time, according to El Mundo, the pair will be facing charges, accused of committing a crime against public health, after "adulterating food with substances harmful to health."

Holy smoke: Pot found on bishop's plot in Tenerife, Spain

A man has been arrested in Santa Cruz in Spain, after police found a marijuana plantation on land belonging to the bishop of Tenerife. Apparently the church was unaware of what the man, who had permission to use the land, was growing there.

After a series of anonymous tip-offs in June, police staked out the plot of land, which is in the heart of the island's Anaga mountains.

The investigating officers then discovered marijuana plants growing in what was formerly used as a vegetable garden. Reportedly the crop was shielded from view by some plastic sheets stretched over a wooden frame.

The police arrested the 27-year old, identified only by the initials R.C.H., when they found him watering the plants. He later confessed to owning them.

It was confirmed later by local police that the land is part of the diocese of the bishop of Tenerife, assigned to the parish of Our Lady of the Snows of Taganna.

R.C.H. had a written agreement to cultivate the land, dated April 1, 2012, but the plants he was cultivating were not quite what the bishop had in mind.

Marijuana is decriminalized in Spain. This means that selling cannabis is a criminal offense punishable by law in any quantity.

Buying anywhere, possession and consumption in a public place constitutes a misdemeanor and is penalized with a fine and confiscation.

Growing the plant on private property for personal use, and consumption by adults in a private space is not illegal. However, growing on a large scale, and on another person's property, as in R.C.H.'s case is against the law.

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