Pubdate: Sat, 18 Jun 2005
Source: National Post (Canada)
Copyright: 2005 Southam Inc.
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COTLER ORDERS CELEBRATED MARIJUANA ACTIVIST EXTRADITED TO U.S. FOR TRIAL

CNS - Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has ordered the extradition of a 
celebrated activist who faces trial in California for tending pot plants at 
the Cannabis Castle, a Bel Air mansion that served as one of the state's 
first medical marijuana grow-ops in the 1990s.

Renee Boje, 35, who has a Canadian husband and son, surrendered herself 
yesterday to a B.C. court. She was granted bail while pursuing review of 
Mr. Cotler's decision. That process will postpone extradition until at 
least September.

The U.S. citizen sought refugee status in Canada in 1998, following her 
arrest on drug-trafficking charges. Her defenders -- including Noam 
Chomsky, Michael Moore and Woody Harrelson -- have cast her as a pawn in a 
misguided U.S. war against drugs.
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