Spanish cannabis users light up for 'Canuto's Day' Cannabis users celebrate San Canuto's day on the Spanish Canary island of Fuerteventura by smoking joints. In Spain, Canute IV or Canute the Holy, a former Danish King who became patron saint of Denmark, has seen his feast adopted as a tongue in cheek celebration for the legalization of cannabis, stemming from the Spanish colloquialism for a joint, canuto. IMAGES