Marc Emery's downtown office looks exactly the way you'd imagine it would - adorned with bongs, weed art and a visiting cat. No other work setting would be appropriate for an activist who has dedicated his life to libertarianism and drug legalization. Over the past twenty years, Emery has firmly established himself as local celebrity and an international symbol for the legalization of marijuana. After spending just over four years in various US federal prisons for selling marijuana seeds across the border, Emery is now campaigning for the Liberal Party's success in the upcoming elections. Headed by Justin Trudeau, the party has taken an explicitly pro-legalization standpoint. [continues 598 words]
THE NEWS THAT came over Jodie Emery's Twitter feed was terse and direct. "At 3:58 pm I received an email from the Liberal Green Light Committee informing me they are not recommending me to be a nomination candidate," she wrote. Emery, wife of marijuana-legalization crusader Marc Emery, had hoped to become the Liberal candidate in Vancouver East. She went through the usual bureaucracy that comes with seeking a nod from a federal party. Emery demonstrated that she doesn't have a criminal record. She certainly has a long history of involvement in community issues. But apparently, that didn't satisfy party apparatchiks. [continues 191 words]
Wife of 'Prince of Pot'. Emery was running federally in East Van Marijuana activist Jodie Emery won't be running for the Liberals after all. After a year of speculation and headlines, the federal Liberal party officially ended Emery's hopes of running federally in Vancouver East by rejecting her nomination papers. Emery, the wife of "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery, said she was notified with an email Friday explaining that the party's green light committee, "upon careful review," decided she was not a qualified candidate and would not be able to contest for the Liberal nomination. [continues 197 words]
Internal party poll shows Jodie Emery unlikely to win Vancouver East riding OTTAWA - Marijuana legalization activist Jodie Emery, a candidate for the Liberal nomination in the suddenly competitive Vancouver East riding, is raising questions about her leader's honesty in committing to a wide-open nomination process across Canada. The provocative comments this week from Emery, wife of so-called "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery, coincide with the release of internal Liberal polling results saying that the party has a shot at winning the Vancouver East riding now that NDP potentate Libby Davies is retiring. [continues 703 words]
Marijuana legalization activist Jodie Emery, a candidate for the Liberal nomination in the Vancouver East riding, is raising questions about her leader's honesty in committing to a wide-open nomination process across Canada. The provocative comments this week from Emery, wife of the so called "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery, coincide with the release of internal Liberal polling results saying that the party has a shot at winning the Vancouver East riding now that NDP MP Libby Davies is retiring. [continues 268 words]
Marijuana legalization activist Jodie Emery, a candidate for the Liberal nomination in the Vancouver East riding, has raised questions about her leader's honesty in committing to a wide-open nomination process across Canada. The comments this week from Emery, wife of "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery, coincide with the release of internal Liberal polling results saying that the party has a shot at winning the Vancouver East riding now that NDP potentate Libby Davies is retiring. But that's only if Emery is not the candidate, according to polling data obtained by the Vancouver Sun. [continues 347 words]
Wife Of 'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery Doesn't Like Being Called A One-issue Candidate The old building is like a marijuana super store, without marijuana for sale. There's a large retail shop on the ground level that offers old-school pipes and papers and bongs, and pricey high-tech vaporizers for the modern, more health-conscious crowd. Upstairs there's a comfortable, if malodorous, lounge where bring-your-own cannabis products are openly consumed. Tobacco smoking is not allowed. [continues 712 words]
Run At Liberal Nomination Aims To Sign Up Smokers The old building at 307 West Hastings St. is like a marijuana superstore, without any marijuana for sale. There's a large retail shop on the ground level that offers old-school pipes and papers and bongs, and pricey high-tech vaporizers for the modern, more health-conscious crowd. Upstairs there's a comfortable if malodorous lounge where bring-your-own cannabis products are openly consumed. Tobacco smoking is not allowed. Everywhere there are illustrations and pictures of this town's patron saint of marijuana, the so-called Prince of Pot, Marc Emery. This is his joint, and on most days since his release last summer from a U.S. prison, where he served a five-year sentence for selling marijuana seeds, he can be found inside his store or in the lounge, getting high and handing out free samples of potent hash oils and what he calls his "8-bud blend." [continues 779 words]
Could marijuana legalization come to Canada? Smoke it, toke it, vape it, eat it - marijuana, it seems, is going mainstream. Once widely reviled by society at large as the demon weed, medical-grade cannabis is now available through federally licensed growers with a doctor's prescription and even some highly respected health organizations are calling for the herb to be legalized and sold as a taxable commodity like alcohol, in government-regulated outlets. At the same time, Canadians also appear to be softening their attitudes towards the drug. [continues 1393 words]
Why the reggae legend's fans are so incensed about a new venture Bob Marley's compelling features - his aquiline nose, soft brown eyes, slightly sallow cheeks and trademark dreadlocks - have long been used as a commercial tool, often in ways that the late King of Reggae might not have appreciated. The most visible of the products he's been inadvertently marketing since his death in 1981 are the hundreds of different Marley T-shirts worn by devoted fans all over the world. [continues 1116 words]
As Attitudes Mellow, Could Marijuana Legalization Be Next? TORONTO - Smoke it, toke it, vape it, eat it - marijuana, it seems, is going mainstream. Once widely reviled by society at large as the demon weed, medical-grade cannabis is now available through federally licensed growers with a doctor's prescription and even some highly respected health organizations are calling for the herb to be legalized and sold as a taxable commodity like alcohol, in government regulated outlets. At the same time, Canadians also appear to be softening their attitudes towards the drug. [continues 746 words]
As attitudes to cannabis mellow, could legalization be next? Smoke it, vape it, eat it - marijuana, it seems, is going mainstream. Once widely reviled by society at large as the demon weed, medical-grade cannabis is now available through federally licensed growers with a doctor's prescription and even some highly respected health organizations are calling for the herb to be legalized and sold as a taxable commodity like alcohol, in government-regulated outlets. At the same time, Canadians also appear to be softening their attitudes toward the drug. [continues 1083 words]
There is clear evidence to demonstrate that the so-called war on drugs has not achieved its stated objectives. Smoke it, toke it, vape it, eat it - marijuana, it seems, is going mainstream. Once widely reviled by society at large as the demon weed, medical grade cannabis is now available through federally licensed growers with a doctor's prescription. Even some highly respected health organizations are calling for the herb to be legalized and sold as a taxable commodity like alcohol, in government-regulated outlets. [continues 590 words]
TORONTO - Smoke it, toke it, vape it, eat it - marijuana, it seems, is going mainstream. Once widely reviled by society at large as the demon weed, medical-grade cannabis is now available through federally licensed growers with a doctor's prescription. Even some highly respected health organizations are calling for the herb to be legalized and sold as a taxable commodity like alcohol, in government-regulated outlets. At the same time, Canadians also appear to be softening their attitudes toward the drug. [continues 704 words]
Life for Marc Emery has been grand since July 9, the day he was released from custody in the U.S. and crossed the border to Windsor after nearly 41/2 years behind bars. "It's been the most wonderful time," he said. "Everybody's been really nice to me across Canada and Europe. "If you go to jail, it makes your work more relevant, I guess, the idea that you sacrificed." He's taken his advocacy to Europe, where he's been presented with three lifetime achievement awards. [continues 303 words]
TORONTO - Smoke it, toke it, vape it, eat it - marijuana, it seems, is going mainstream. Once widely reviled by society at large as the demon weed, medical-grade cannabis is now available through federally licensed growers with a doctor's prescription. Even some highly respected health organizations are calling for the herb to be legalized and sold as a taxable commodity like alcohol, in government-regulated outlets. At the same time, Canadians also appear to be softening their attitudes toward the drug. [continues 689 words]
As Attitudes Toward Marijuana Mellow, Could Legalization Be Next? Smoke it, toke it, vape it, eat it - marijuana, it seems, is going mainstream. Once widely reviled by society at large as the demon weed, medical-grade cannabis is now available through federally licensed growers with a doctor's prescription and even some highly respected health organizations are calling for the herb to be legalized and sold as a taxable commodity like alcohol, in government-regulated outlets. At the same time, Canadians also appear to be softening their attitudes towards the drug. [continues 1082 words]
Smoke it, toke it, vape it, eat it - marijuana, it seems, is going mainstream. Once widely reviled by society at large as the demon weed, medical-grade cannabis is now available through federally licensed growers with a doctor's prescription and even some highly respected health organizations are calling for the herb to be legalized and sold as a taxable commodity like alcohol, in government-regulated outlets. At the same time, Canadians also appear to be softening their attitudes towards the drug. [continues 636 words]
Collection moving to Detroit, while organizer plans 'world-class dispensary' for Vancouver For the last decade, $2.50 would get you a 30-minute tour through the ins and outs of herbal medicine - from the story behind Absinthe to a brief history of magic mushrooms in Canada to ancient cannabis use. But after 10 years in Vancouver, the Herb Museum - billed as a global one-of-a-kind site for scope and accessibility - is closing its doors to make way for a seed sanctuary in the BC Marijuana Party Building. [continues 241 words]
CANNABIS is seen as a harmful and dangerous drug but many believe it should be declassified. This year Brighton became home to a new campaign group which openly uses the drug in public and is fighting to make it legal. FLORA THOMPSON reports... WALK through The Lanes on a Saturday afternoon and you may see someone casually lighting up a cannabis 'joint'. Members of the Brighton Cannabis Club flout the law in public as part of their bid to make the drug legal. [continues 773 words]
