CANNABIS CAFE A POPULAR JOINT IN SAINT JOHN

SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- Jamie MacLean didn't have any problem being the first
person to smoke marijuana at Saint John's newly opened Cannabis Cafe.

The 21-year-old happily lit up in front of reporters early yesterday
afternoon at the cafe, which has an open policy on marijuana smoking.

Cafe owner Lynn Wood said there had been a lot of traffic in the store,
believed to be the province's first pot-smoking-optional cafe.

However, before MacLean no one had taken advantage of the store's open
policy on marijuana smoking. MacLean and his girlfriend shared a joint in
the front room of the cafe.

He said he's not too worried about the consequences of being caught by
police with one joint, particularly when possession charges are being
thrown out of provincial courts across the country.