With the arrival of spring and the abundant rains of March and April, the Generalitat de Catalunya has lifted water restrictions in Barcelona and Girona, after more than 56 months of severe drought. This means that there are no longer any restrictions on the use of water for garden irrigation, filling swimming pools, and other urban and agricultural uses.

Silvia Paneque, Regional Minister for Territory and spokesperson for the Generalitat (Catalan Government), spoke at a press conference held at the Sau reservoir to add significance to the announcement that water restrictions were being lifted in the Ter-Llobregat system, which supplies the most populated areas of Catalonia. She expressed the satisfaction of the Catalan authorities at returning to "climatic normality" and emerging from this unusually long period of drought.

With this fantastic contribution of spring water, the internal basins and reservoir reserves have doubled in the last month, now almost exceeding 70% capacity, due to the abundant rainfall. The situation is expected to continue improving due to the melting of snow caused by the large accumulation of snow in the Pyrenees.

It seems that everything is cause for joy and optimism in the Government of the Generalitat. If spring and good weather lift the spirits of any self-respecting person, seeing the rebirth of life with the blossoming of plants and the greening of the fields, we can unfortunately say, as the saying goes, that:

It never rains to everyone's liking.

Indeed, it never rains to everyone's liking, and it couldn't be better said, seeing information that appeared last April in the media (Diari ARA) in which it is reported that the Mossos d'Esquadra fear that the rains will cause the marijuana plantations in the mountains to grow.

The rain that fell in March and April has caused water to flow again through the streams that had dried up. The news has satisfied a good part of the country and the Catalan government, but apparently NOT the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police), who believe that this increase in water supplies greatly benefits those with marijuana plantations hidden in the Catalan mountains.

The end of the drought offers greater access to water, which is key to discovering the thousands of marijuana plants hidden in the mountains and forests of Catalonia.

The drought of the last four years has been a great ally for the police, since the greatest difficulty faced by alleged drug traffickers in being able to plant in the middle of the mountains was access to water, and this has, in fact, been the clue that has most helped the Catalan police in their pursuit and location.

As the saying goes, "spring makes the blood run wild," something that is evident, apparently, among the leaders of the police forces in Catalonia, who are very upset and concerned about this abundance of water in the territory.

In short, no problem, let them relax a little and request a transfer to a desert area like the Sahara. That way, they will return to living happily, supervising a resource as fundamental to life as water, and they will catch our poor "neo-rural" colleagues "red-handed" watering their little plot of marijuana 😊