Marc and Jodie Emery on life in jail, their role in the legalization movement and the plan to seek 'political revenge' Marc Emery's two decades of marijuana activism and entrepreneurship have earned him the nickname "The Prince of Pot" and 23 trips to jail. The most recent, a 4 1/2-year stint in U.S. federal custody for his mail-order pot seed business, is now at an end. Awaiting deportation back to Canada, he spoke to Maclean's about his plans for the future from inside a Louisiana detention centre. His wife and fellow activist, Jodie Emery, joined in from their Vancouver home. [continues 1548 words]
Groups that represent Canadian doctors are reconsidering their involvement in a government-sponsored advertising campaign on the dangers of marijuana for young people after Liberal leader Justin Trudeau denounced the ads as a partisan attack on his position on the drug. Health Canada had asked the Canadian Medical Association, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and the College of Family Physicians of Canada to lend their endorsement to a $ 5- million broadcast campaign that would begin in the fall. The Health Canada ads come as the Conservative Party assails Trudeau for supporting the legalization of marijuana. The party has repeatedly claimed he would make it easier for children to get the drug. [continues 256 words]
Marc Emery may think of himself as a marijuana messiah, leading the long-suffering to deliverance from pot laws they believe unfairly punish them and restrict their freedom to smoke up. No stranger to ego, Emery may even believe he's the chosen cannabis crusader. But Canada's self-styled "Prince of Pot" - just released from a U.S. prison, after doing 4 1/2 years for selling marijuana seeds into the U.S. from Vancouver - makes a poor martyr for the kind of electoral backlash he imagines he will now inspire against the federal Conservative government he vilifies. [continues 289 words]
No stranger to ego, Emery may even believe he's the chosen cannabis crusader. But Canada's self-styled "Prince of Pot" - just released from a U.S. prison, after doing 4 1/2 years for selling marijuana seeds into the U.S. from Vancouver - makes a poor martyr for the kind of electoral backlash he imagines he will now inspire against the federal Conservative government he vilifies. No sooner was the B.C. man back across the border from Detroit, than he was vowing vengeance against the Tories. [continues 268 words]
Downtown rally. 'Prince of Pot' says U.S. jail term hasn't deterred him from continuing the fight for marijuana legalization The Prince is officially home. Marc Emery, B.C.'s infamous "Prince of Pot," was welcomed by hundreds at a downtown rally when he returned to Vancouver Sunday afternoon, vowing to pick up where he left off after serving time on drug-related charges in the United States. "It's all kind of dreamlike. Vancouver has changed dramatically.... The legalization landscape itself has changed dramatically," he said upon his arrival at the Vancouver International Airport. [continues 326 words]
OTTAWA - Groups that represent Canadian doctors are reconsidering their involvement in a government-sponsored advertising campaign on the dangers of marijuana for young people after Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau denounced the ads as a partisan attack on his position on the drug. Health Canada had asked the Canadian Medical Association, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the College of Family Physicians of Canada to lend their endorsement to a $5-million broadcast campaign that would begin in the fall. [continues 304 words]
OTTAWA - Groups that represent Canadian doctors are reconsidering their involvement in a government-sponsored advertising campaign on the dangers of marijuana for young people after Liberal leader Justin Trudeau denounced the ads as a partisan attack on his position on the drug. Health Canada had asked the Canadian Medical Association, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and the College of Family Physicians of Canada to endorse a $5-million broadcast campaign that would begin in the fall. The Health Canada ads come as the Conservative party assails Mr. Trudeau for supporting the legalization of marijuana. The party has repeatedly claimed he would make it easier for children to get the drug. [continues 227 words]
You have to give Marc Emery credit: After more than four years in a U.S. prison, he can still draw a crowd. Better yet (from his point of view), he can still wrangle the news media. The "Prince of Pot," as journalists and his disciples have dubbed him, has certainly earned that nickname. A native Londoner, he has spent most of his adult life championing the cause of cannabis policy reform. He lit joints on the steps of police stations and city halls across the country. He sold marijuana seeds, home-grow books, bongs and other paraphernalia from storefronts in at least two provinces, encouraging others across Canada to do the same. He launched a cannabis-themed magazine. He founded a legal assistance centre for those seeking to challenge existing drug laws. He started Pot-TV, a video channel devoted to marijuana culture and politics. [continues 664 words]
Marc Emery may think of himself as a marijuana messiah, leading the long-suffering to deliverance from pot laws they believe unfairly punish them and restrict their freedom to smoke up. No stranger to ego, Emery may even believe he's the chosen cannabis crusader. But Canada's self-styled "Prince of Pot" - just released from a U.S. prison, after doing 4 1/2 years for selling marijuana seeds into the U.S. from Vancouver - makes a poor martyr for the kind of electoral backlash he imagines he will now inspire against the federal Conservative government he vilifies. [continues 290 words]
