- 'Prince
of Pot' sows seeds of his own destruction
Mail and Guardian - Apr 30 12:50 AM
Marc Emery is not your average international drug kingpin.
- 'Prince
of Pot' sows the seeds of his own destruction
Guardian Unlimited - Apr 29 5:24 PM
Marc Emery is described by the American Drug Enforcement Agency as
Canada's biggest marijuana trafficker.
- Emery
case goes to Nelson Supreme Court judge today
Vancouver Province - Apr 24 6:59 AM
Slocan Valley man wants charges filed here to keep Emery out of U.S. NELSON
-- A B.C. Supreme Court judge in Nelson today is to decide if the
attorney-general of Canada should be allowed to stop the private prosecution
of marijuana's prince of pot, Marc Emery.
- Canada's
pot plan goes up in smoke
Chicago Tribune - Apr 04 5:42 AM
Bill aimed to cut possession penalty Marijuana possession will remain a
crime in Canada, the country's new conservative prime minister said Monday
in announcing the demise of legislation that U.S. authorities worried would
weaken anti-drug efforts.
- Canada
won't legalize small amounts of pot
Detroit News - Apr 04 1:02 AM
OTTAWA -- Marijuana possession will remain a crime in Canada, the country's
new conservative prime minister said Monday in announcing the demise of
legislation that U.S. authorities worried would weaken efforts to curb drug
exports.
- Canada
drops plan to legalize some pot
Seattle Times - Apr 04 12:20 AM
Marijuana possession will remain a crime in Canada, the country's new
conservative prime minister said Monday in announcing the demise of...
- Canada's
`pot' bill dies amid criticism
Sun-Sentinel - Apr 04 12:09 AM
OTTAWA · Marijuana possession will remain a crime in Canada, the country's
new conservative prime minister said Monday in announcing the demise of
legislation U.S. authorities worried would weaken anti-drug efforts.
- Canada
Won't Legalize Small Amounts of Pot
ABC News - Apr 03 1:28 PM
Prime Minister Says Canada to Scrap Plans to Legalize Small Amounts of
Marijuana
- Canada
Scraps Plans to Legalize Marijuana
ABC News - Apr 03 12:43 PM
Canada's New Conservative Party PM Says Legislation to Legalize Marijuana
Won't Be Reintroduced
- Canada
Scraps Plans to Legalize Marijuana
AP via Yahoo! News - Apr 03 12:13 PM
Canada's new Conservative Party Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday
that Ottawa does not intend to reintroduce legislation to legalize small
amounts of marijuana.
- With
New Government, Toronto Police Crack Down On Pot
Officer.com - Apr 03 10:30 AM
Legalization of marijuana was being considered with the previous government
- High
crimes? Canadian sees seeds sprout trouble
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Mar 28 3:03 AM
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Sweet marijuana smoke tumbles down the steps
from “the Vapor Lounge,” a corner of Marc Emery’s bookstore where
customers toke up at will.
- High
Crimes, or A Tokin' Figure?
Washington Post - Mar 18 4:22 AM
VANCOUVER Sweet marijuana smoke tumbles down the steps from "the Vapor
Lounge," a corner of Marc Emery's bookstore where customers toke
up at will.
- WP:
DEA balks at Canada's 'Prince of Pot'
MSNBC - Mar 18 3:54 AM
Canadians find Marc Emery, otherwise known as the "Prince of
Pot," to be relatively harmless, but the DEA begs to differ.
- Canada's
"Prince of Pot" unbowed by U.S. efforts
Seattle Times - Mar 10 1:19 AM
A canadian marijuana activist wanted by U.S. authorities to face drug
charges said Thursday he thinks being profiled on CBS's "60
Minutes"...
- Marijuana
investigation
Hour.ca - Mar 08 10:25 PM
Following a 14-month investigation, RCMP officers recently uncovered a
Montreal organization selling marijuana seeds via the Internet.
- Pot
crusader facing life in prison, but 'blessed'
CTV.ca - Mar 06 7:23 AM
After his appearance on 60 Minutes, B.C. pot activist Marc Emery says
he's "blessed" by his international fame -- even though he faces a
life sentence in a U.S. prison for selling marijuana seeds.
- B.C.
pot activist says 60 Minutes segment will allow his real self to be seen
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Mar 02 5:06
PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - Pot crusader Marc Emery says his appearance on the
news program 60 Minutes on Sunday will be an opportunity for Americans to
see him as just an ordinary guy who regards himself as the Luke Skywalker
against their government's Darth Vader tactics.
- The
Prince Of Pot
CBS News - Mar 05 4:34 PM
Facing a possible life sentence if extradited to the United States for
selling pot seeds, Canada's "Prince of Pot" tells correspondent
Bob Simon he is "blessed" by such attention because it could help
legalize marijuana.
- A
fitting way to honour Chris Doty
London Free Press - Mar 07 12:29 AM
More than three decades before he started working with featherweight talents
such as Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Brendan Fraser and Matt Dillon,
Oscar-winning filmmaker and writer Paul Haggis directed moi in a production
of A. A. Milne's children's classic, The Ugly Duckling.
- B.C.
pot activist says 60 Minutes segment will allow his real self to be seen
Canada.com - Mar 02 5:37 PM
Pot crusader Marc Emery. (CPimages /Sam Leung) VANCOUVER (CP) - Pot
crusader Marc Emery says his appearance on the news program 60
Minutes on Sunday will be an opportunity for Americans to see him as just an
ordinary guy who regards himself as the Luke Skywalker against their
government's Darth Vader tactics.
- On
the Tube
winnipegsun.com - Mar 05 12:03 AM
- The Daily Show's Jon Stewart promises to kick the show up a notch -- and
yeah, no doubt lob a batch of gay cowboy jokes -- when he hosts the 78th
Annual Academy Awards, on ABC Ch. 7 and CKY Ch. 5 at 7 p.m. Made-in-Winnipeg
movie Capote could bag a couple of kudos, but as usual it's just a thrill to
be in the race, as nominee presenters George Clooney, Reese Witherspoon and
Terrence Howard will
- RCMP
breaks up Montreal cannabis seed ring
CTV.ca - Feb 28 4:17 PM
The RCMP has busted a Montreal-based drug ring that dealt marijuana seeds
over the Internet. The Mounties say this is the first time they've targeted
an Internet-based operation.
- RCMP
announces dismantling of int'l drug ring
CTV.ca - Feb 28 2:23 PM
The RCMP seized 200,000 cannabis seeds and arrested seven people who
allegedly operated a cyberspace drug ring that sold, imported and exported
marijuana seeds on the Internet.
- Babylon,
P.Q.
Hour.ca - Feb 15 9:43 PM
Many will remember that filmmaker Albert Nerenberg worked for Hour when it
first began publishing back in 1993, writing a popular and often poignant
city column, This Just In, while instigating and operating Secret City, a
loosely governed, frequently hilarious, quasi-anarchic creative collective
that printed its graphic, video-still-illustrated commentaries in these
pages.
- Wife
of failed U.S. medical marijuana refugee pleads to stay in Canada
Brandon Sun - Jan 09 3:16 PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - The wife of a California man who uses marijuana to ease his
cancer symptoms wept outside Federal Court on Monday after pleading her
family's case to prevent his deportation.
- Wife
of failed U.S. medical marijuana refugee pleads to stay in Canada
CNews - Jan 09 3:22 PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - The wife of a California man who uses marijuana to ease his
cancer symptoms wept outside Federal Court on Monday after pleading her
family's case to prevent his deportation.
- Canada
acting as arm of U.S. drug war by staying charges, lawyer says
Brandon Sun - Jan 05 3:35 PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - A lawyer for pot activist Marc Emery says the
federal government's decision not to proceed with drug charges against his
client clears the way for his possible extradition to the United States and
means the federal government is kowtowing to the Americans.
- Pot
crusader allowed to campaign during election
CTV.ca - Dec 09 3:50 AM
A B.C. Supreme Court judge gave marijuana crusader Marc Emery the
green light Thursday to campaign during the federal election.
- B.C.
pot crusader facing extradition to campaign for NDP during election
Brandon Sun - Dec 08 6:50 PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - A B.C. Supreme Court judge gave marijuana crusader Marc
Emery the green light Thursday to campaign during the federal election
but warned the man wanted in the United States for drug trafficking
shouldn't advocate the sale of marijuana seeds in any speeches.
- Marijuana
World
Tucson Weekly - Nov 16 2:47 PM
A look at pot: its users, its trade, its cultivation, the research and the
anti-prohibition movement
- 'Prince
of Pot' fights extradition on drug charges
The Sentinel - Nov 02 11:41 AM
Marc Emery differs in so many ways from most people accused of
big-time drug dealing, it's hard to know where to start. Even though he
faces the possibility of decades in a U.S. prison for selling marijuana
seeds to Americans, Emery regularly welcomes a steady stream of journalists.
- The
Mix
The Gamecock - Nov 01 12:34 AM
Surprise players have marked this NFL season - players whose performances
have elevated the level of the game almost in supernatural terms:
Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger, for example, and Philly's Terrell Owens.
- 'Prince
of Pot' fights extradition on drug charges
The Daily Gamecock - Nov 01 12:33 AM
Marc Emery differs in so many ways from most people accused of
big-time drug dealing, it's hard to know where to start.
- `Prince
of Pot' fights extradition on drug charges
SanLuisObispo.com - Oct 27 12:03 PM
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Marc Emery differs in so many ways from most people
accused of big-time drug dealing, it's hard to know where to start.
- `Prince
of Pot' fights extradition on drug charges
Macon Telegraph - Oct 27 3:25 AM
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Marc Emery differs in so many ways from most people
accused of big-time drug dealing, it's hard to know where to start.
- `Prince
of Pot' fights extradition on drug charges
TimesLeader.com - Oct 27 3:16 AM
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Marc Emery differs in so many ways from most people
accused of big-time drug dealing, it's hard to know where to start.
- This
bud's for all of us
Ottawa XPress - Oct 27 12:47 AM
When House of Trouble is missing from XPress, some of my friends assume the
worst. A few wonder if I have finally been canned due to controversial
writing; others fear that I have been arrested for some nefarious marijuana
activity, abducted by tactical police on a DEA-inspired raid. No such luck.
- BC
'Prince of Pot' says drug charges are political
Fox 12 Oregon - Oct 25 12:39 PM
VANCOUVER, British Columbia The head of British Columbia's Marijuana Party
is fighting extradition to Seattle on drug charges because he says it's a
political case.
- B.C.'s
"Prince of Pot" fights extradition on drug charges
Seattle Times - Oct 25 12:16 AM
Marc Emery differs in so many ways from most people accused of
big-time drug dealing, it's hard to know where to start. Even though he
faces...
- Marijuana
advocate joins govenor's race
Montgomery Advertiser - Oct 16 2:21 AM
Loretta Nall, a 31-year-old mother of two, is running for governor of
Alabama when she's not busy with her other duties: writing for Can nabis
Culture magazine and serving as president of the U.S. Marijuana Party.
- Marijuana
advocate running for governor of Alabama
WPMI 15 - Oct 15 4:19 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Loretta Nall, a 31-year-old mother of two, is
running for governor of Alabama when she's not busy with her other duties:
writing for Cannabis Culture magazine and serving as president of the U.S.
Marijuana Party.
- Marijuana
advocate running for governor of Alabama
Tuscaloosa News - Oct 15 10:39 AM
Loretta Nall, a 31-year-old mother of two, is running for governor of
Alabama when she's not busy with her other duties: writing for Cannabis
Culture magazine and serving as president of the U.S. Marijuana Party.
- Canadian
Law Profs Counter CRIA Propaganda
Slashdot - Sep 30 2:15 PM
An anonymous reader writes "The Globe and Mail reports that Canadian
law professors have countered the Canadian recording industry's
misinformation campaign in a new 600-page book that is being made freely
available under a creative commons license. Led by Professor Michael Geist,
the book provides full coverage of the possibility of Canada adopting DMCA-like
copyright laws." From the article:
- Canadian
Marijuana Surpasses Wheat as Biggest Crop (Update2)
Bloomberg.com - Sep 30 11:23 AM
Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's marijuana dealers are converting suburban
homes and abandoned warehouses into pot farms, creating a C$10 billion ($8.5
billion) market that's three times the size of the nation's biggest legal
crop, wheat.
- Canadian
Marijuana Surpasses Wheat as Biggest Crop (Correct)
Bloomberg.com - Sep 30 9:07 AM
(Corrects reference to the chemical in marijuana in 10th paragraph.)
- Private
B.C. citizen to file drug charges against pot activist Marc Emery
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 5:27
PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - A private citizen says he's filing charges Friday against
pot activist Marc Emery and two of his associates, partly because
that will throw a wrench into the United States' plans to extradite the trio
to face drug charges in that country.
- Going
where the sun does shine
Boston Globe - Sep 28 11:56 PM
I came here for two reasons, both slightly off-center. First, I suspected
that the Newfoundland tourist board doctored its lyrical, sun-drenched
promotional photos of the fogbound Rock, as the province is called. I wanted
to see if the sun ever shone.
- Pot
harvest outgrows legal crops in Canada
Salt Lake Tribune - Sep 30 11:20 PM
Canada's marijuana dealers are converting suburban homes and abandoned
warehouses into pot farms, creating an $8.5 billion market that's three
times the size of the nation's biggest legal crop, wheat. Cities such as
Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto may each have as many as 20,000 pot
factories, said Rich Baylin, former national coordinator for the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police. Cultivation is
- Canadian
Law Profs Counter CRIA Propaganda
Slashdot - Sep 30 2:05 PM
An anonymous reader writes "The Globe and Mail reports that Canadian
law professors have countered the Canadian recording industry's
misinformation campaign in a new 600-page book that is being made freely
available under a creative commons license. Led by Professor Michael Geist,
the book provides full coverage of the possibility of Canada adopting DMCA-like
copyright laws." From the article:
- Canadian
Marijuana Surpasses Wheat as Biggest Crop (Update2)
Bloomberg.com - Sep 30 11:27 AM
Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's marijuana dealers are converting suburban
homes and abandoned warehouses into pot farms, creating a C$10 billion ($8.5
billion) market that's three times the size of the nation's biggest legal
crop, wheat.
- Canadian
Marijuana Surpasses Wheat as Biggest Crop (Correct)
Bloomberg.com - Sep 30 9:12 AM
(Corrects reference to the chemical in marijuana in 10th paragraph.)
- Private
B.C. citizen to file drug charges against pot activist Marc Emery
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 5:27
PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - A private citizen says he's filing charges Friday against
pot activist Marc Emery and two of his associates, partly because
that will throw a wrench into the United States' plans to extradite the trio
to face drug charges in that country.
- Private
B.C. citizen to file drug charges against pot activist Marc Emery
Brandon Sun - Sep 29 1:41 PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - A private citizen says he's filing charges Friday against
pot activist Marc Emery and two of his associates, partly because
that will throw a wrench into the United States' plans to extradite the trio
to face drug charges in that country.
- Private
B.C. citizen to file drug charges against pot activist Marc Emery
Brandon Sun - Sep 29 12:56 PM
VANCOUVER - A private citizen says he's filing charges Friday against pot
activist Marc Emery and two of his associates, partly because that
will throw a wrench into the United States' plans to extradite the trio to
face drug charges in that country.
- Going
where the sun does shine
Boston Globe - Sep 28 11:59 PM
I came here for two reasons, both slightly off-center. First, I suspected
that the Newfoundland tourist board doctored its lyrical, sun-drenched
promotional photos of the fogbound Rock, as the province is called. I wanted
to see if the sun ever shone.
- Phillip
S. Smith, Editor, psmith at drcnet.org David Borden, Director Ejecutivo,
borden at drcnet.org
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- Police
pouring over massive stack of documents seized from pot crusader
Canada.com - Sep 16 5:43 PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - Police are analyzing piles of documents stretching 20 feet
higher than the Empire State building from pot crusader Marc Emery's
computer, court heard on Friday.
- US
chases Canadian pot prince
Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 16 8:14 AM
One of the world's leading cannabis legalisation campaigners, a magazine
publisher known as the "Prince of Pot", faced an extradition
hearing yesterday in Vancouver, Canada, as American drug agencies sought to
put him on trial in the US.
- Pot,
gay marriage just good business
Canada.com - Sep 16 7:23 AM
MONTREAL -- Freedom isn't just good for civil liberties, filmmaker Albert
Nerenberg suggests in his new documentary Escape to Canada. It's good for
tourism and the economy.
- US
takes the war on drugs to Canada's Prince of Pot
Mail and Guardian - Sep 16 4:44 AM
One of the world's leading cannabis legalisation campaigners, a magazine
publisher known as the "Prince of Pot", faces an extradition
hearing on Friday in Vancouver as United States drugs agencies seek to put
him on trial in the US. His supporters claim the move is a first step by US
authorities to prosecute foreigners who challenge the US laws on cannabis.
- US
takes the war on drugs to Canada's Prince of Pot
Guardian Unlimited - Sep 15 7:10 PM
One of the world's leading cannabis legalisation campaigners faces
extradition hearing in Vancouver.
- Phillip
S. Smith, Editor, psmith at drcnet.org David Borden, Director Ejecutivo,
borden at drcnet.org
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- Pot
bill shelved until after next election
CTV.ca - Sep 11 7:40 PM
The Liberal government's controversial bill to decriminalize marijuana will
be shelved until after the next election, CTV News has learned.
- Pot
activist rallies support ahead of extradition
CTV.ca - Sep 11 7:41 AM
Marc Emery took a hit from a joint as his fans smoked and screamed
for his freedom in front of the U.S. consulate.
- Mom
puts a B.I.G. hurt on Diddy & Kim
New York Daily News - Sep 09 1:14 AM
The mother of murdered hip-hop star Notorious B.I.G. - gunned down in 1997,
presumably by rival rappers - savages Sean (Diddy) Combs and Lil' Kim in a
soon-to-be-published memoir.
- Commentary:
Not an outlaw in Canada
Athens News - Sep 01 7:39 AM
U .S. tanks didn't need to roll into Vansterdam to snatch our beloved Prince
of Pot, Marc Emery, on Friday, July 29. All the Yanks had to do was
whisper to the B.C. Supreme Court, and the RCMP, the Vancouver Police
Department and Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler fell in line.
- Where
the weed is at in court
hour - Aug 31 10:37 PM
Canadian judges are once again being asked to go where politicians obviously
can't - to the bottom of the marijuana issue. In the process, a triumvirate
of the hardest of Canada's hardcore marijuana militants is taking - and
being taken - to the courts.
- Twisted
pot laws
Northwest Herald - Aug 30 12:10 AM
Marc Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine, is not breaking
U.S. drug laws, because he is not a U.S. citizen and does not have to abide
by our twisted laws. Emery has been selling marijuana seeds on the Internet
for 10 years, as do many other companies.
- 'Prince
of Pot' Emery under fire for web comments
Canoe - Aug 27 10:37 PM
OTTAWA -- Marijuana crusader Marc Emery was under fire this week as
web-loggers scrutinize the content of his websites, including a posting from
his "jail blog" last summer
- Friday,
August 26, 2005
Prince Albert Daily Herald - Aug 26 11:40 AM
As high-profile lawyers line up to represent Marc Emery at his
upcoming extradition hearing, and as marijuana activists pressure Justice
Minister Irwin Cotler to step into the fray, we can’t help but note that
this entire affair need never have happened had the government and police
done their jobs.
- Extradition
hearing for Canadian pot activist to begin Sept. 16
San Diego Union-Tribune - Aug 26 9:32 AM
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, 6:50 a.m. Aug. 26 (AP): An extradition hearing
for a Canadian marijuana activist known as "the prince of pot,"
indicted in Seattle on charges that could send him to prison for life, is
set to begin Sept. 16.
- Emery
faces hearing next month
Canoe - Aug 25 11:24 PM
VANCOUVER -- Pot crusader Marc Emery says all Canadians will be
complicit if the United States succeeds in extraditing him to face drug
charges south of the border.
- Extradition
hearing for unrepentant B.C. pot activist to begin Sept. 16
Canada.com - Aug 25 5:20 PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - Pot crusader Marc Emery said Thursday that all
Canadians will be complicit if the United States succeeds in extraditing him
to face drug charges in that country.
- Extradition
hearing for unrepentant B.C. pot activist to begin Sept. 16
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 4:52
PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - Pot crusader Marc Emery said Thursday that all
Canadians will be complicit if the United States succeeds in extraditing him
to face drug charges in that country. Emery, 47, made the comment after a
B.C. Supreme Court judge set Sept. 16 as the start of his extradition
hearing that could net him life in prison if he is convicted on marijuana
charges in the U.S.
- Of
drugs and thugs
The Globe and Mail - Aug 24 1:09 AM
Vancouver — The timing of Chris Haddock's latest film project is uncanny.
So uncanny, suspicious minds might wonder what kind of intelligence he's
using.
- Penalties
for growing marijuana are far too harsh August 23rd, 2005
Collegiate Times - Aug 22 6:56 PM
How does one address a prince? According to Webster s Dictionary, a prince
is a "nobleman of varying rank and status," and a nobleman is
known to be "possessing, characterized by or arising from superiority
of mind or character or of ideals or morals." Superior rank, mind and
morals?
- The
Long Arm of Uncle Sam
Canada.com - Aug 20 4:06 AM
The U.S. Attorney prosecuting three Canadians in the cross-border drug
tunnel case will ask a Seattle judge next week to seize the B.C. property on
which the tunnel was constructed.
- House
of Trouble
Ottawa XPress - Aug 17 11:08 PM
In light of the arrest and requested extradition to the United States of
Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery, I thought I'd talk to an
expert about Canada's drug laws and policy to find out if the government is
stoned or if I am.
- House
of Trouble
Ottawa XPress - Aug 17 11:07 PM
In light of the arrest and requested extradition to the United States of
Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery, I thought I'd talk to an
expert about Canada's drug laws and policy to find out if the government is
stoned or if I am.
- Phillip
S. Smith, Editor, psmith at drcnet.org David Borden, Director Ejecutivo,
borden at drcnet.org
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- 'Prince
Of Pot's' Extradition To U.S. Angers Canadians
Free Internet Press - Aug 16 2:27 PM
For years, Canadian authorities ignored the lucrative mail-order marijuana
business run by Marc Emery, Canada's most prominent proponent for
legalizing weed. The self-styled "Prince of Pot" sold cannabis
seeds via the internet to customers all over the world, including the United
States.