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Portland’s World Famous Cannabis Cafe Fights to Keep Doors Open

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 04:03

The World Famous Cannabis Cafe, a cannabis social club in Portland, OR, has started aGoFundMe campaign to help cover the costs of staying open. The club is facing $4,000 per month in civil fines as penalties for refusing to close its doors.

The cafe has served medical marijuana patients in Portland since it first opened in 2009, granting those who can’t consume their medicine at home a place to vape, dab, or smoke — surrounded by a pub-like ambiance and live music. The cafe is BYOC: Bring Your Own Cannabis, as marijuana cannot yet be sold legally outside of a licensed dispensary.

For many years, the cafe operated out of a strip mall basement on 82nd Avenue. After closing and relocating last summer, owner Madeline Martinez reopened WFCC in a new storefront location on Foster Blvd. Yelp reviews describe the cafe as “dark, warm, and cozy,” and feeling like “a jazz...

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