Mellow Yellow coffeeshop legislation in Amsterdam requiring 28 coffeeshops located within 250 meters of schools to close. The owner protested that the school was a hairstyling academy with students generally over the age of 18, but the Amsterdam government still required its closure, in part to protect the remaining coffeeshops in Amsterdam from the requirements used in other parts of the Netherlands which bar foreigners from cannabis coffeeshops. The owner Johnny Petram stated his hope that he would be able to reopen Mellow Yellow at a new location. Mellow Yellow coffeeshop Mellow Yellow was the oldest cannabis coffee shop in Amsterdam, prior to
Cannabis in the United Kingdom under review by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval in the EU and if approved it could potentially be available on the UK market in the near future. Cannabidiol (CBD) oil is legal for use and sale in the UK without requirement for a doctor's prescription, as long as these medications do not contain more than 0.2% THC. Medical use of cannabis was legalised following a ruling by the Supreme Court of Bermuda in 2016. In 2016, the governor of the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands approved a change to the Misuse of Drugs Law to allow