‘Not your normal church’: Kensington ‘temple’ is Philly’s first safe space for cannabis consumption
But in the back of Philadelphia Temple of Hemp and Cannabis is something far more unusual — a sanctuary and lounge where medical marijuana patients are encouraged to light up.
“It’s not your normal church,” says Patrick Duff, the co-owner and high priest of the Frankford Avenue shop that brands itself Philly THC. “In fact, it’s licensed as a gift shop. We pay taxes. But the reason we opened is that there was nobody providing a space for marijuana patients to come together and take their medicines socially.”