RumpSpankers review

For being such a place of extreme controversy you really expect there to be more. In fact you could probably walk by it and not even realize you were walking by America’s first cannabis café . Rumpspankers, a former gentlemen’s club, now cannabis cafe (they kept the name of the former gentlemen’s club) opened its doors Nov. 13.

Rumpspankers is the first café in America to allow medical marijuana patients, who have been told by the state they may use marijuana for medical purposes, a place to medicate This will be a major test of the Obama administration's and their claims to respect state's medical marijuana laws and not prosecute people are abiding by the states medical marijuana rules

When you walk inside you are greeted by quite a shock, an unexpected long list of fees to inter. You have to pay a $25 monthly club membership fee, a $5 entrance fee, and purchase a year’s membership to Oregon NORML at the price of $40.

I later found out that the owner of the café, Madeline Martinez, is also the executive director of Oregon NORML

After you have paid your fees you receive an unnecessarily large pot leaf stamp on your hand and a man who sounds a lot like Eeyore from "Winnie the pooh" directs you down some stairs.

As you inter the downstairs you are greeted by an overwhelming skunky smell that will linger on you for quite some time. The room is set up much like a café but with a small bar inside. The room is covered in Oregon NORML logos and marijuana memorabilia.

I took a seat and asked for a menu. It took them quite some time to retrieve me one. I got the feeling that people don’t often go there for food or coffee. The drinks were overpriced and all they had to eat were a few unappetizing sounding pastries.

By the time you have paid all your fees to get inside you’re hardly in the mood to waste any money on food.

I purchased a hot chocolate which was good, but not $74.50 good. Most of the people in the café were there for a specific reason and wanted to be left to themselves but I did have a chance to talk with one friendly man named Aaron Clark

“How often have you been coming here?” I asked him

“Well I try to get my money’s worth so as much as I can”

I mentioned how I was rather shocked myself at the price to simply set a foot in the door.

“This entire thing is about money, sure it’s cool that a place allows pot heads to smoke pot but they are going to charge you to do it”

Shortly after I finished my hot chocolate. I left feeling as if I had wasted a bunch of money for a membership that I’m probably never going to use.

In this writers opinion don’t waste your time at this media hype.

At a Glance Name : Rumpspankers What is it: Portland's cannabis cafe Where is it : 700 N.E. Dekum St Portland, OR 97211 When is it open: Monday Saturday 10a.m.-10p.m. Sunday 8a.m.-2p.m. The owner: Madeline Martinez More Information http://www.ornorml.org/