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UK: Cannabis cafe to open near drug rehab centres

Ananova

Wednesday 20 Mar 2002

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Work has begun on Bournemouth's first cannabis cafe, close to two drug
rehabilitation centres.

The Dutch Experience cafe is due to open on April 1 near Clouds Working
Recovery and the Clubhouse centre in Boscombe.

Customers will have to be over 18 and will be banned from consuming any
other drugs or alcohol on the premises.

Funding for the shop has reportedly come from three Dutch millionaires and
owner James Ward says the police won't stop him.

But Inspector Mark Kelly, from Boscombe police, said: "If such a premises
is opened then we will deal with it appropriately."

Workmen have been busy renovating the old warehouse unit to make a shop
front, a coffee shop and a "members' room", which will initially cater for
around 25 people. The unit's been leased to Mr Ward for the last five years.

Mr Ward says he doesn't have any worries about the two rehabilitation
centres nearby. "I think we are probably doing just as good a job as them.
It has been proved cannabis is safer than alcohol and tobacco."

He said police will not stop the shop from opening. "They are having a cafe
whether they like it or not, no matter what they do." Mr Ward told the
Daily Echo: "It is useless for the police to come down, we will be making
fools out of them on April 1."

Boscombe councillor Harry Cutler said: "I am absolutely disgusted that
someone should even have the audacity to consider opening a place there. We
have got enough problems here."

A Clouds spokesman said: "Our concern first, last and always is for the
health and safety of our clients who are attempting to establish and
maintain recovery through abstinence. Obviously threats to their recovery
are ever present in society and our aim is to help develop ways to cope
with such wherever, whenever they may occur."

 

 

 

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