Mellow Yellow coffeeshop Mellow Yellow was unsuccessfully raided by police several times. Unpackaged cannabis, bought from wholesalers including drug lord Klaas Bruinsma, was hidden behind secret doors and shutters. In 1975, the concept was adopted by a shop named Russia situated on the same street as Mellow Yellow and was followed by another coffee shop called The Bulldog. Now there are 223 such coffee shops in Amsterdam. Bruining also runs Stichting Mediwiet (Medi Cannabis Foundation), a group that supports the legalization of growing marijuana for medicinal uses. The shop was closed at the strike of the New Year in 2017, due to new
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