PORTLAND, Oregon -- A cafe in Portland is the first in the state, and among the first in the nation, to allow patrons to smoke marijuana inside.
The Cannabis Cafe will only be open to diners with a medical marijuana card. Draperies will be put over the windows to keep in line with Oregon law, requiring medical marijuana be consumed in private.
The owners of the Cannabis Cafe have run into some controversy in the past, when the site was used for sex parties.
"Most people don't have a problem with it being a pot cafe," said neighbor Matthew Busetto. "It's the fact that the Solomans have proven themselves to be rather irresponsible and negligent neighbors", Busetto said.
"Every issue that they had we've done things to address it", said Eric Soloman, manager of The Cannabis Cafe.
Soloman said no marijuana will be left on site because it could be a target for thieves.
