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Newsbrief:
Cannabis
Cafe
Vows
to
Open
in
England,
Another
in
Scotland
5/31/02
You can't keep a popular
idea down. Although joint action by police and the courts shut down
the Dutch Experience 2 coffee house in Boscombe, near Bournemouth, earlier
this month, the original Dutch Experience in the Manchester suburb of Stockport
remains open despite its proprietor, Colin Davies, having just emerged
from six months in preventive detention and the cafe itself having been
raided three times. Now, Leicester, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland,
may soon see their first cannabis cafes.
According to a press release
this week from the Legalise Cannabis Alliance, Chris Peabody of Leicester
will open a members-only cannabis cafe on or shortly after July 1.
"Proposals for shooting galleries so people can use heroin in a safe environment
has only strengthened my resolve to open my 'cannabis cafe' -- a safe house
for cannabis users," said Peabody. "With the announcement of the
reclassification of cannabis from B to C, much support is expected for
this soon-to-open venture. It will reflect the tolerance and friendly
nature of Leicester, a multicultural, multi-belief city."
Earlier this month in Edinburgh,
Rebel Inc publishing founder and Scottish Socialist Party drugs spokesman
Kevin Williamson announced plans for a Rebel Inc Coffeeshop "in the heart
of Edinburgh," with an opening date set for June. Williamson announced
that the coffeeshop would be members-only and would sell at a discount
to medical marijuana patients.
Although the pending reclassification
of cannabis from a Class to B to a Class C drug will result in de facto
decriminalization of simple possession -- the new penalty would be a simple
citation -- distribution of cannabis will remain a crime subject to a maximum
five-year prison sentence. Leicester police have not commented on
Peabody's plans, but Edinburgh police have vowed to enforce the cannabis
laws.
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Issue #239, 5/31/02
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