|
|
| Police Vow To Close Amsterdam Soft Drug Café |
|
Posted by FoM on September 09, 2001 at 16:52:19 PT Editorial Source: Stockport Express 
Police in Stockport have vowed to shut down an Amsterdam-style cannabis cafe set to open in a secret location thought to be near the town centre. Colin Davies, the Stockport man infamous for presenting the Queen with a bouquet of marijuana plants, says he will open the controversial cafe in Stockport on September 15.The Brinnington man, who has campaigned for the legalisation of cannabis to help people with illnesses such as multiple sclerosis, claims he is opening the Dutch Experience cafe for patients who find the illegal drug eases their symptoms. In Amsterdam people can walk into this type of cafe and buy and smoke cannabis on the premises. But he says supplies for medical users will be subsidised with revenue from people visiting the cafe for "social" use. He presented the Queen with a bunch of marijuana plants as she toured the new Lowry Centre in Salford Quays. Mr Davies said the reason he wanted to open the cafe was the amount of letters he was inundated with from sufferers. He said: "The proof is in the patients, and the good that is being done for them. It is the patients who come first. "Imagine if you are in a wheelchair, how do you get hold of some good quality medicine? "The plan is to bring a lot of patients together to meet and discuss their personal problems with each other, and support each other." Mr Davies now says he has supporters coming to the opening of the Dutch Experience from as far away as America and Holland. And he wants patients to come together to cut a ceremonial ribbon to open the cafe. But this week Superintendent Ian McLoughlin, from Stockport Police, said: "The law in respect of a Class C drug is very clear. "If this happens in Stockport we will monitor the situation but it is the law of the land and we will uphold this." Source: Stockport Express (UK) Related Articles: Amsterdam Could Come To SW9 Europe's Antidrug Bastion Reconsiders Europe Goes To Pot - Time Magazine Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
 |
|
Comment #7 posted by Spididers on November 14, 2001 at 03:50:24 PT:
|
| hey colin. good luck in your attempt to open the cafe. i am a regular at the cafe and i think it is a great way to keep people of the streets. Best of luck mate. [ Post Comment ] |
|
Comment #6 posted by mark on September 14, 2001 at 09:30:19 PT:
|
| All i have to say is good luck to mr Davis. [ Post Comment ] |
|
Comment #5 posted by Digit on September 10, 2001 at 19:53:03 PT:
|
| hehehehehe i've seen that reported else where too (stockportexpress.co.uk i think) its class B actually mister stupid superintendant policeman! or have you changed the law for us now? been following progress or col and nol since late autumn. The last time anyone tried this (93) it failed in 90 minutes, so lets hope this one lasts 90 years. Best of luck to the dutch experience adn may many others follow in your path. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #4 posted by freedom fighter on September 10, 2001 at 00:33:21 PT |
| Please leave these people alone! Go chase a real murderer or a robber or a rapist. These people are not criminals. I beg you, Mr. "Police" men! Please! ff [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by FoM on September 09, 2001 at 20:29:35 PT |
| Cannabis Café Ready to Flout Drug Laws Source: Scotsman (UK) Britain's first Dutch-style cannabis café, which will openly defy the law on the sale of drugs, is to be launched next weekend. Colin Davies, founder of the British Medical Marijuana Co-operative, has revealed he plans to open the Dutch Experience "coffee shop" in a shopping centre in Stockport, Greater Manchester. Mr Davies caused a storm of protest a year ago when he presented the Queen with a bouquet of marijuana during a Royal visit to an arts centre. Now he says the controversial café will sell three types of weed and three types of hash in two and five gram bags with ready-rolled joints for novices. He has already recruited five members of staff who have all worked in Holland’s legal cannabis cafés. In a break from other public cannabis suppliers, Mr Davies says the drug will be on sale to both medical and recreational users. "Social users will subsidise the low-cost medical users," he said. "I think Britain is ready for this. We want to be transparent and act in a civilised way. " Mr Davies, 44, who has a spinal injury, has been arrested twice for possession and supply of cannabis but has been found not guilty on both occasions as he argued he needed it to relieve chronic back pain. In 1993, a cannabis café-shop opened in Brighton, becoming known as the "90-minutes café" because that was how long it managed to stay open. Police have warned that the cannabis café is illegal and that they will have to deal with the sale of any drugs. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said the law on the supply and control of drugs was quite clear and the priority of the police was to enforce the law. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by billygoatfunk on September 09, 2001 at 19:16:30 PT |
| there is a *great* feature article on this @ http://www.overgrow.com [ Post Comment ] |
|
Comment #1 posted by Ed Carpenter on September 09, 2001 at 18:00:31 PT:
|
| "Colin Davies, the Stockport man infamous for presenting the Queen with a bouquet of marijuana plants, says he will open the controversial cafe in Stockport on September 15." Good luck, Colin. Go for it. [ Post Comment ] |
| Post Comment |  |
 |  |