CANNABIS CAFES 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.