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 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