On a recent morning, Ángel Ortiz Rodríguez was slumped on a sofa in his apartment in Granada, in southern Spain, a tangle of breathing tubes protruding from his nose. Since Mr. Ortiz had a heart attack a few years ago, his life has depended on an electronic breathing machine. Daily blackouts plague the 25,000 inhabitants in this poor district of northern Granada. The blackouts have been a part of life here for more than a decade, but they have grown markedly worse in recent years. Marijuana growers, the company says, illegally connect to the grid and overwhelm it because of the powerful lights and air-conditioning the plants need.

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Persons: Ángel Ortiz Rodríguez, Ortiz, Rosa Martin Piñedo, ” Organizations: Food Locations: Granada, Spain, Marijuana