Pubdate: Thu, 01 Sep 2005
Source: Edmonton Journal (CN AB)
Copyright: 2005 The Edmonton Journal
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/134
Author: CanWest News Service
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

'PRINCE OF POT' APOLOGIZES FOR NAZI SLUR

OTTAWA - British Columbia marijuana crusader Marc Emery apologized 
Wednesday for referring to federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler as a Nazi.

Emery, the 47-year-old "Prince of Pot" who faces potential extradition to 
the United States for selling marijuana seeds, had compared the prosecution 
of people who deal in and use marijuana to the treatment of Jews under the 
Nazi regime.

"I feel ashamed when my Jewish friends tell me they are ill at ease by my 
using the terms Nazi or Holocaust when referring to this issue or 
incident," Emery wrote Wednesday on his website, cannabis.com.
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