Pubdate: Fri, 12 Jun 2015
Source: Guelph Mercury (CN ON)
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PRIVATE MARIJUANA LOUNGE CEASES OPERATIONS

GUELPH - A private marijuana smoking club that opened in downtown
Guelph in the spring has quietly ceased its operations.

DLR 420 Vapour Lounge, at 51 Macdonell St., opened in April, amid much
discussion, as the city's first club where both recreational and
medicinal pot could be smoked.

The lounge was considered a private club where patrons paid a $5 fee
to be a member, allowing them to smoke their own marijuana. It did not
sell marijuana and there was no alcohol.

Owner Tony Veder declined to comment about the development when
contacted on Thursday.

When it first opened, Veder told the Mercury DLR 420 Vapour Lounge was
"a place for myself and people like me, who have medical
prescriptions, to hang out and smoke marijuana."

He hoped to model it after popular pot cafes in Holland where
marijuana is smoked in a coffee shop atmosphere.

Veder rented pipes and vaporizers to people for use at the
club.

Among the rules originally posted at the location, no tobacco products
or tobacco vapour products were allowed and guests had to be at least
18 years old.

The city commented at the time that there was no bylaw that would
regulate such a business.

Signage on street-front windows at the location suggest the site may
became the address of a clothing retailing business.
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MAP posted-by: Matt