Vancouver Mayor 'amazed' by pot cafe

[Champ]

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell says he's in favour of legalizing marijuana, but doesn't condone the over-the-counter sale of pot at a cafe on Commercial Drive.

Campbell says he's "amazed" that the Da Kine Smoke and Beverage Shop has been selling marijuana for the past four months – and by how open the owner has been about the fact.

He says while the cafe owner has clearly broken the law, no one seems to be complaining.

"I think it says something that it could be open for four months and no body knows about it," he says. "Where's the impact? What's the big deal about it?"

http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_cafe20040907

[Trajan]

1. And I moved to Missouri ....

Damn .....

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Gasp!

You mean people didn't go to the cafe, get pot, and have their heads explode? Or go out and get into fights, car wrecks, or other things?

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. I'm sure they're dead of heroin and crack overdoses by now

though of course, they first stopped to blow up some schools, buses, churches, synagogues, kill some nuns, defecate on gravestones, and steal millions of CDs and DVDs and car stereos to finance their habit.

I'm surprised they haven't burned Vancouver to the ground already. Must have died more quickly than normal.

[mark0rama]

6. And the women come out teenaged and pregnant

...because marijuana causes teenage pregnancy.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Absolutely!

And the breakup of the American family and downgrading of traditional Christian values.

[Lefty48197]

3. Expect Bush to send in the Marines

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[Taverner]

5. damn you canadians have ALL the fun

Health care, Shania Twain, O Canada as a national anthem and now THIS!

Damn, any Canadian DU'ers want to adopt me and my family?