A Cannabis Cafe opened its doors this past Friday at (appropriately) 4:20 P.M. The cafe is located at 700 N.E. Dekum St. For many medical marijuana users the cafe marks a step in the right direction. The idea of the cafe is to begin to normalize the use of marijuana as a medicine and allow users to not feel so ostracized by society. Don't book your plane ticket just yet, Portland isn't about to become the US Amsterdam. The only people permitted in the Cannabis Cafe are those licensed to smoke who also hold membership in the lobbying group
Oregon NORML. Patrons can bring their own weed or smoke "donated marijuana." This is because Oregon law states that medical marijuana may not be sold.
People from all over Oregon came for the grand opening.
Gordon Cederholm, 45, of Milwaukie has lived with HIV for 25 years and said he was skeptical about using marijuana as medicine when he got his Oregon card less than a year ago.
"At first, I thought: What does being a pothead have to do with it?'" he said. "I didn't know the benefits in marijuana. Now, I find that I'm a better person when I smoke." [
Oregon Live]
*A correction was made to this article 11/24. The Cannabis Cafe in Portland was not the first to open in the USA.
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