Mellow Yellow coffeeshop Mellow Yellow coffeeshop Mellow Yellow was the oldest cannabis coffee shop in Amsterdam, prior to its closure at the start of 2017. The coffee shop was founded in 1972 by Wernard Bruinin in Weesperzijde, Amsterdam, on the premises of a former bakery. The shop is named after "Mellow Yellow", a song by Donovan which describes the singer trying to become intoxicated through smoking the peel of banana. The intent of the shop is to sell cannabis, despite this being illegal at the time of its creation. Sales were originally disguised by drug dealers seated at the bar posing as customers.
Cannabis in Prince Edward Island territory set its own laws for various aspects, such as the legal age, whether householders can grow cannabis and the method of retail sales. Canada's federal legislation enabling the sale of cannabis fixes the legal possession limit for adults at of dried cannabis, but permits the provinces to set the legal age for possession and regulations for distribution and retail sales of cannabis. A public survey was held in August and September of 2017, asking residents their opinions on legal age, commerce, etc. The survey received over 3,000 responses. In December 2017 the PEI government announced preliminary regulations for cannabis