Pubdate: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 Source: Metro (Vancouver, CN BC) Copyright: 2014 Metro Canada Contact: http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3775 Author: Matt Kieltyka Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?196 (Emery, Marc) PRINCE OF POT TO EMERGE INTO A CHANGED WORLD Release From Prison. Activist Marc Emery to See Greater Acceptance for Cannabis Culture For Jodie Emery, this July has been four years in the making. That's because her husband, marijuana activist Marc "Prince of Pot" Emery, will officially be a free man July 9 after serving 1,590 days in U.S. custody for selling seeds online. And although Marc Emery will remain in custody as he is processed for deportation - likely into August - reality is finally sinking in for his wife. "When Marc was first sent away I cried for weeks, but for three years after I didn't cry," she said. "I admit I've cried recently." When Emery does arrive home, it'll be to a different culture than the one he left. The Prince of Pot's drive for legalization has taken hold in Washington State and Colorado south of the border, while enterprises are seeking to cash in on a push for decimalization in Canada. "We'll be the only ones not selling seeds," Jodie Emery laughed. "Everything has changed so much, a lot of it has been down to his work. It's exciting. There's a medical marijuana dispensary down the block from our house, and many more that we will have to walk by every day." The prisoner is bracing for all kinds of change. "I also haven't had a cell phone since a judge barred me from having one as part of my bizarre bail conditions in August 2005, so for the past nine years I have not owned a phone," he wrote Monday in his final blog post from a U.S. federal prison. "I have never texted in my life!" Upon his release in Ontario, Emery plans to visit family and make several appearances and interviews there before returning. He writes that he'll get settled in at work at his Cannabis Culture store in Vancouver and resume "the unfinished battle to finish off marijuana prohibition with renewed vigour." Jodie, meanwhile, has remained politically active and has been touted as a possible Liberal candidate in the next federal election. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom