The mayor hopes to create new jobs for the 900 residents of Rasquera in Tarragona province and reduce the public debt. The villagers would lease their fields to an initiative from Barcelona that wants to plant the drug. The cannabis would be only for private use, as dealing is strictly forbidden in Spain. Many towns in Spain are now looking into farming, even though most of them are investing in less controversial crops. Many are looking for alternatives to office jobs endangered by the crisis.