POT CAFES A SIGN OF THE FUTURE

Vancouver Cops Raid Da Kine Cafe

On Thursday, Vancouver police in a convoy of 30 cruisers surrounded the Da
Kine Cafe, erected barricades to hold back angry crowds and detained six
people.

The raid came a day after B.C.'s solicitor general encouraged police to
crack down on the cafe, which is accused of selling marijuana over the counter.

Spokeswoman Sarah Bloor said police -- aware of the cafe through media
reports -- needed time to methodically build a case.

In articles all over the Net, I have been reading about Da Kine, a coffee
shop in Vancouver that has been selling cannabis over the counter for more
than four months.

I think it is wonderful, and hope to see shops like these in every city and
town in Canada.

It can't happen under the Liberal's phony "decriminalization" bill, though.

The fact that Da Kine can exist in Vancouver, and crime and hard drug
activities actually go down in the area, added to the fact that, for more
than 30 years, the same thing has been occurring in Amsterdam, just proves
that prohibition is a colossal failure.

Looking at worldwide statistics, it would almost lead one to believe
prohibition was specifically designed to increase crime and hard drug
activity, not deter it.

Da Kine proves it is beneficial for all of society to end prohibition, and
regulate cannabis sales to adults through shops such as these.

The sky didn't fall, the world didn't end, no kids got any and a few people
had a slightly better day because they had somebody safe to buy their
cannabis from.

That is my kind of Canada.

Of course, continuing to spend billions on failed policies is old news with
our government.

The sponsorship scandal, the gun registry and prohibition are just a few
examples of more than a decade of mismanagement.

As they did with gay marriage and abortion, the government likely just
wants to wait for the courts to decide the law for it.

Judging by its misguided, phony "decrim" bill, it might be for the best,
actually. But, in the meantime, I hope to see shops such as Da Kine open in
my city.

A year from now, we will see them all over Canada, and it won't be long
before Revenue Canada starts taking its cut.

And that could eventually mean several billion dollars every year we could
spend on health care, education or affordable housing.

Imagine the irony of paying for our military and law-enforcement from
Cannabis Tax Revenues.

Wouldn't we all like to read the headline "Cannabis legalized, taxed,"
rather than read the headline "Taxes raised to fund more marijuana prohibition."