Middlesbrough is home to the Teesside Cannabis Club in nearby Stockton-on-Tees — the most famous example of a UK cannabis social club operating with local police support.
Cannabis remains a Class B controlled drug across the UK. Possession, supply, and cultivation are criminal offences.
Members pay a small fee. They bring their own cannabis. The club provides a safe space, information, and community.
Other UK clubs have been raided and shut down. The Teesside model works because of local relationships — not because of the law.
The Teesside Cannabis Club is exceptional. Most UK cities have no such arrangement. Middlesbrough is in the unique position of being next door to the one club that has achieved a working relationship with police. This is not a legal precedent. It is a local exception — a small star in a vast grey galaxy.