Cannabis Campaigners' Guide News Database result:


After you have finished reading this article you can click here to go back.

UK: More Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes on the menu

Ananova

Wednesday 21 Nov 2001

---
The arrest of the owner of Britain's first cannabis cafe is unlikely to
deter others from opening similar Amsterdam-style coffee shops.

Colin Davies, who runs the Dutch Experience in Stockport, has been charged
with a number of drug-related offences including permitting premises to be
used for the smoking of cannabis.

But Mark Gibson, who is aiming to set up a cannabis cafe in Carlisle, says
the police raid doesn't change anything.

He told Ananova: "You can expect no more. It won't break our spirit."

Mr Gibson is one of a number of people planning cafes in Cumbria, Devon,
Sussex and Dundee. Before Tuesday's raid he said police were likely to "use
discretion" when dealing with them.

Before his arrest, Mr Davies told Ananova such cafes could become
widespread. "I can foresee there being a hundred of these places in the
next year or so," he said.

However, a Home Office spokesman said: "Cannabis will still remain a
controlled drug for both possession and supply."

And a spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers said: "The
decision as to whether such cannabis cafes would be introduced in Britain
is a matter for Government."

DrugScope, a charity that has just compiled a report for the Home Affairs
Select Committee Inquiry into drug laws, has looked at the system of
licensed cafes in Amsterdam. A spokesman for the charity says it has
advantages and disadvantages which would need to be further examined.

 

 

 

After you have finished reading this article you can click here to go back. 




This page was created by the Cannabis Campaigners' Guide.

Feel free to link to this page!