Cannabis Cafe

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http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/24/portlands_cannabis_cafe_is_the_first

Portland’s Cannabis Cafe is the First Marijuana Coffee Shop of Its Kind in the Country

The Cannabis Cafe, which opened this month in Portland, Oregon is the first marijuana cafe of its kind in the country. Although it doesn’t sell marijuana on the premises, the Cannabis Café allows any of Portland’s estimated 21,000 licensed medical-marijuana users a space to consume marijuana in a social setting. We speak with Madeline Martinez, executive-Director of the Oregon chapter of NORML—The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws—which runs the Cannabis Café.[Includes rush transcript]