Berlin council votes to open first cannabis cafe
2 December 2013
Councillors in Berlin have voted to launch the country's first cannabis cafe in their district. But some hurdles remain.
A large majority in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Council have backed the move as part of efforts to curb local drug dealing, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily reports. District Mayor Monika Herrmann says the "prohibition policy" of the past few decades has failed: "We now have to think about offbeat solutions."
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