The Vancouver Sun reports in its Tuesday edition that by choosing to dwell on increased enforcement rather than opportunities that recreational cannabis presents, the B.C. government now struggles to switch from public scold to pot promoter. The Sun's Ian Mulgrew writes that it is beginning to dawn that the land of B.C. Bud is running the risk of missing the bus. Even B.C.'s Princess of Pot, Jodie Emery, has opened her Joint cafe in Toronto. The prospect of provincial cannabis production mainly in giant greenhouses in the Lower Mainland and a corporate-big-business-dominated market concerns many. That would kill any chance for the guerrilla growers and producers from the Interior, Vancouver Island or elsewhere transitioning as hoped into the economy with boutique operations. More than that, it suggests the province did not learn from the experience of American jurisdictions that legalized by setting aside space for minorities and first nations. With legalization looming Oct. 17, the government wants to change the tone of the conversation to put development, derivative products, expanded retail sales, microproduction like craft beer and other positive topics on the table. Replace the policeman with a gardener. Grow it!