Cannabis activists open shop in Portsmouth selling smoking supplies and CBD products

Hampshire Canna activist Sy Dignam opened the shop, which is also called Hampshire Canna, joined by other activists in the group as well as 33-year-old Perry Toovey who works in the shop with him.

The shop, on London Road in Hilsea, sells traditional smoking supplies such as rolling papers, bongs and grinders as well as CBD products such as oils, creams, vaping e-liquids and bath bombs.

It also sells exotic soft drinks such as CBD mojito flavoured energy drinks and dutch chocolate drink Chocomel and Hampshire Canna merchandise such as T-shirts and hats.

There is a seating area within the store in which customers can drink a CBD-infused coffee while reading up on the health benefits of the products.

CBD - also known as cannabidiol - is one of the compounds that is found in cannabis that doesn’t provide a ‘high’ to users, but has been claimed to help symptoms from physical and mental ailments such as muscle pain or anxiety and depression.

Sy, who has been an activist for seven years, hopes that through education and eventually regulation, he can make smoking safer for people.