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 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