Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon

Think this is very cautious step in the direction of legalizing pot?

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091123/health/health_us_cannabis_cafe

PORTLAND, Ore. - At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a "vaporizer" -7 a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapours of heated marijuana. Glass jars hold donations of dried, milky-green weed, and the cafe serves up meals and snacks for the hungry.

It's all perfectly legal and, for cancer patient Albert Santistevan, it's about time.

"It's a very positive atmosphere. We could use more places like that," the 56-year-old former jewelry shop owner said.

What a wacky (weed) idea. I don't see it catching on. For one, only those who take it for medical purposes are allowed in, right? 24,000 in the entire state is not much. Oregon is a big state. And they have to belong to NORML and pay a $20/month fee. And the kicker - patrons have to donate their own stuff. Yeah, fat chance there.