Miley Cyrus-Backed Cannabis Cafe Brings Amsterdam to Hollywood

  • First U.S. restaurant where guests can consume cannabis opens
  • THC products strongly linked to vaping lung injuries, CDC says
Inside Lowell Farms in West Hollywood.Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg

America’s first lounge to allow consuming cannabis opens on Monday in West Hollywood. It’s called the Lowell Cafe, and brings a bit of Amsterdam to the U.S. with a fancy name.

For the first time in the country, customers will legally be able to order pot as if it were a bottle of wine -- and that in fact is the upscale analogue its owners are aiming for. The pot can be smoked in pre-rolled joints or vaped -- even as the industry is grappling with a spike in lung damage and deaths linked to vaping.