Pubdate: Tue, 12 Aug 2014
Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON)
Copyright: 2014 Canoe Limited Partnership
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Author: Giuseppe Valiante
Page: 8

PRINCE OF POT SET TO GO GLOBAL

OTTAWA - Marc and Jodie Emery, Canada's royal couple of marijuana,
plan to take their drug-reform fight global after Marc returns home
from the U.S. a free man.

Soon after Marc walks across the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit into
Windsor, Ont., Tuesday, Jodie said the couple will fly to Ireland and
Spain on sponsored speaking gigs.

Jodie has waited over four years for her husband, once the largest
supplier of marijuana seeds to the U.S., to finish his sentence for
conspiracy to manufacture marijuana.

Dubbed the Prince of Pot, Marc made millions selling his seeds across
the border from his B.C.-based company and drew the ire of the U.S.
Drug Enforcement Agency, which successfully got him extradited from
Canada in 2010.

Jodie said when they return from Europe they'll "be on a cross-country
welcome home tour" during which they'll campaign for drug reform in
Canada and for their new favourite political party, the federal Liberals.

Ten years ago, Marc and Jodie supported the NDP, who "at least talked
about" legalization, she said.

Now their man is Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, who supports marijuana
legalization.

Jodie said she received her official Liberal nomination papers this
week for the riding of Vancouver East, which has been held by the
NDP's Libby Davies since 1997.
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