From: Peter Webster - psychedelic-library.org/


CANNABIS CAFE'S SET TO OPEN IN LONDON

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.