Pubdate: Thu, 10 Jul 2014
Source: Vancouver 24hours (CN BC)
Copyright: 2014 Vancouver 24 hrs.
Contact: http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/letters
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3837
Author: Jeremy Nuttall
Page: 4
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?196 (Emery, Marc)

POT ACTIVIST RELEASED FROM U.S. PRISON

Notable marijuana activist Marc Emery is a free man Thursday morning, 
save for being held in an immigration facility in the United States 
pending his deportation back to Canada.

Emery served four and a half years in a U.S. prison for selling seeds 
to buyers in that country and was extradited from Canada to serve the time.

Emery has promised to stage rallies and targeted attacks against the 
Conservatives. His wife Jodie Emery said once in Canada the campaign 
will begin immediately.

"We'll spend five days out east because Toronto has a lot of media, a 
lot of supporters," said Jodie Emery. "It's kind of ironic cause 
Detroit is where he smuggled up High Times magazines in the earliest 
days when they were illegal in Canada to sell them to break that law 
against drug literature."

Emery said her husband could remain in the immigration centre 
anywhere from a few days to a few months.
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