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 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