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UK: Cannabis Cafes Set To Open In London

James Lewis

The Guardian Weekly

Saturday 06 Oct 2001

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Tim Summers, a cannabis campaigner, plans to
open the first licensed, Dutch-style cannabis
cafes in Britain, including one fast takeaway
service.

He intends to locate them in Brixton, south
London, encouraged by the current sixmonth
experiment under which police in Lambeth do
not arrest people found in possession of small
amounts of cannabis.

Mr Summers said that, in keeping with Dutch
regulations, his cafes would not advertise,
and would not sell more than 30g of cannabis
to each customer, who would have to be more
than 18 years of age. They would not sell
hard drugs or alcohol, but would try to hit
the criminal street trade by staying open
for long hours.

The Metropolitan Police said that it would be
for the Home Office to decide whether the cafes
should be allowed to operate. In Greater
Manchester recently the owner of a would-be
cannabis cafe was arrested before he had opened
for business.

 

 

 

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