- REGULATING
RISK: THE ROLE OF CHOICE IN A FREE SOCIETY
Quebecois Libre - Aug 15 4:49 PM
Travelling is a wonderful thing. It's great to leave everything behind for a
week or two, or even just for a weekend. The change of scenery does a body
good, and just seeing how other people live is mind-expanding.
- New
U.K. anti-terror steps might be studied in review of Canadian law:
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 4:00
PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - Justice Minister Irwin Cotler says Britain's tough new
anti-terror measures could be looked at as part of the parliamentary review
of Canada's anti-terrorism law.
- Emery
Extradition Gains Exposure
Join Together Online - Aug 15 1:48 PM
U.S. attempts to extradite marijuana activist Marc Emery from Canada
on drug charges have garnered significant attention on both sides of the
border.
- Marijuana:
Marc Emery is a hero
Langley AdvanceNews - Aug 12 12:39 PM
If Marc Emery has broken the law, then he should be tried in Canada.
It's a sad day when the Canadian government lets the United States of Bush
come in and take its citizens.
- Publisher
sees biz going to pot
New York Daily News - Aug 12 1:23 AM
Does the recent arrest of Marc Emery , publisher of Cannabis Culture
magazine and the self-proclaimed "Prince of Pot," mean that the
high times are over for marijuana mags?
- Letters
to the editor
The Olympian - Aug 11 6:12 AM
We are facing the most serious threat to our existence in our history
(including World War II). It started in 1979. There have been 11 attacks on
Americans since then, including Sept. 11, 2001. No administration has been
immune.
- Guns
and drugs
Toronto Eye Weekly - Aug 10 7:21 PM
On July 29, the US war on drugs came north of the border when the RCMP
arrested entrepreneur and political activist Marc Emery at the
request of the US Department of Justice.
- Phillip
S. Smith, Editor, psmith at drcnet.org David Borden, Director Ejecutivo,
borden at drcnet.org
Indymedia Chiapas - Aug 10 6:46 AM
Actuando en nombre del Departamento de Justicia de los EEUU y de la Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) bajo un tratado bilateral, el Viernes
pasado la policía canadiense arrestó al fundador y presidente del Partido
de la Marihuana de Columbia Británica (BCMP), Marc Emery, y dos
empleados bajo acusaciones estadounidenses de conspirar para distribuir
marihuana y semillas de marihuana y lavado de
- B.C.
judge OKs bail for pot activist
Seattle Times - Aug 10 12:32 AM
A judge rejected a U.S. request that a Canadian marijuana activist be held
without bail yesterday in a case that is likely to ignite debate...
- U.S.
Marijuana Party Calls for the Resignation of D.E.A. Administrator Karen
Tandy
[Press Release] PR Web - Aug 07
12:04 AM
Is the DEA hiding behind the pot seed laws to target its political foes? [PRWEB
Aug 7, 2005]
- Crusader,
drug lord, martyr or huckster?
The Globe and Mail - Aug 06 1:05 AM
Crusader, drug lord, martyr or huckster? VANCOUVER -- He loves hockey and
comic-book superheroes. But Marc Emery's greatest passion is riling
authorities. Nearly everywhere he has lived or worked, he has left a trail
of fuming police officers and bureaucrats.
- Kelowna
Daily Courier
Kelowna Daily Courier - Aug 06 12:05 AM
TOP STORIES ... Prison worth it if pot legalized, says Emery ... Bollywood
love story to be filmed in Valley ... Festival city's peachiest in years ...
- Crusader,
drug lord, martyr or huckster?
The Globe and Mail - Aug 05 10:58 PM
Crusader, drug lord, martyr or huckster? He loves hockey and comic-book
superheroes. But Marc Emery's greatest passion is riling authorities.
Nearly everywhere Mr. Emery has lived or worked, he has left a trail of
fuming police officers and bureaucrats.
- Emery
compares self with Gandhi, King
Canoe - Aug 05 10:51 PM
VANCOUVER -- Pot activist Marc Emery, facing extradition to the
United States, says he's prepared to suffer in prison if it leads to the
legalization of marijuana as he compared himself with Gandhi, Martin Luther
King and Nelson Mandela after his release from jail yesterday.
- Pot
crusader prepared to suffer in prison if it helps
Brandon Sun - Aug 05 10:35 PM
VANCOUVER A Canadian pot activist facing extradition to the United States
says he s prepared to suffer in prison if it leads to the legalization of
marijuana as he compared himself with Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson
Mandela after his release from jail on Friday.
- Emery
free on bail, could be extradited to U.S.
CTV.ca - Aug 05 7:43 PM
Marc Emery left a Vancouver jail Friday as his supporters paid his
$50,000 bail, but he's fully aware he faces far more time behind bars.
- The
North Shore News Onine - Opinion
North Shore News - Aug 05 4:30 PM
THE recent arrest and requests to extradite Marc Emery, the
self-described Prince of Pot and leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party, raises
disturbing questions.
- I'm
like Gandhi, Mandela and King, says pot crusader facing U.S. jail threat
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Aug 05 3:47
PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - A Canadian pot activist facing extradition to the United
States says he's prepared to suffer in prison if it leads to the
legalization of marijuana as he compared himself with Gandhi, Martin Luther
King and Nelson Mandela after his release from jail on Friday.
- Marc
Emery out on bail
CBC British Columbia - Aug 05 12:42 PM
B.C. Marijuana Party leader Marc Emery has been released from the
pre-trial centre in Port Coquitlam after posting $50,000 bail. Emery was
arrested by the RCMP in Halifax last week at the request of American
authorities, who want to extradite him to the U.S. to face drug and
money-laundering charges.
- By
NEIL HORNER Aug 05 2005 The arrest of Marijuana Party president Marc
Emery and two of his employees last Friday was
Parksville Qualicum Beach News - Aug 05 9:34
AM
Emery and employees Michelle Rainey and Gregory Williams were arrested by
RCMP at the request of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for allegedly
selling marijuana.
- Pursuit
of drug case all smoke, no fire (8/5/2005)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Aug 05 12:22 AM
In their search for proof that Bigfoot exists, researchers ought to take
hair samples from the Washington, D.C., offices of Drug Enforcement
Administration boss Karen Tandy.
- We
need Emerys to push us along
Canoe - Aug 04 11:37 PM
About 14 years ago, I was sitting in a London courtroom when a rather
agitated Crown attorney asked Marc Emery if he'd ever urinated into a
woman's mouth.
- Emery
faces biggest battle
Canoe - Aug 04 11:36 PM
When Marc Emery first stood eye to eye with America's anti-drug
crusade, he didn't blink before walking outside, claiming victory and
lighting up a joint.
- Emery
extradition request seen as test
CBC Ottawa - Aug 04 9:00 AM
Many Canadian lawyers say a controversial extradition request from the
United States takes the country's extradition treaty with the United States
into uncharted territory.
- Cross-border
co-operation need not go to pot
The Globe and Mail - Aug 04 12:55 AM
There has been much excitement over the arrest of Canadian marijuana
activist Marc Emery, in Canada, for alleged violations of United
States drug law. This, some say, is an infringement of our sovereignty.
- Emery
in court today on U.S. charges
Canoe - Aug 01 10:53 PM
VANCOUVER -- The man dubbed the Prince of Pot was scheduled to appear in
B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver today. Marijuana activist and former
Londoner Marc Emery, 47, was arrested Friday in Halifax where he was
supposed to speak at a rally for the use of medical marijuana.
- Pot
activist is scared his fiancée says
The Globe and Mail - Aug 01 2:12 AM
Vancouver — The fiancée of pro-marijuana activist Marc Emery is
"terrified" to think what the future holds after her partner was
arrested in Halifax on Friday and charged with selling marijuana seeds over
the Internet to customers in the United States.
- Canadian
marijuana activist and seed merchant arrested
Corvallis Gazette Times - Jul 31 11:59 PM
SEATTLE A Canadian marijuana activist known as "The Prince of Pot"
has been arrested in Canada on a U.S. indictment targeting his alleged
multimillion-dollar marijuana seed business.
- World
digest
Billings Gazette - Jul 31 12:40 AM
MARADI, Niger - Food by the truckload is finally reaching remote northern
Niger, eight months after the first pleas for help for the hungry.
- America
targets Emery
Canoe - Jul 30 11:51 PM
The arrest of Canadian pot activist Marc Emery is being used to
advance the agenda of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, a London
friend charges.
- Canadian
marijuana activist and seed merchant arrested
Corvallis Gazette Times - Jul 30 10:57 PM
SEATTLE A Canadian marijuana activist known as "The Prince of Pot"
has been arrested in Canada on a U.S. indictment targeting his alleged
multimillion-dollar marijuana seed business.
- Canadian
marijuana activist and seed merchant arrested
Albany Democrat-Herald - Jul 30 10:38 PM
SEATTLE A Canadian marijuana activist known as "The Prince of Pot"
has been arrested in Canada on a U.S. indictment targeting his alleged
multimillion-dollar marijuana seed business.
- Americans
join Canadians in protesting arrests on pot charges
The Arizona Republic - Jul 30 10:35 PM
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - All the cliches of a pot protest were there:
the hackey-sac games, tie-dye T-shirts and small clouds of smoke floating
above the crowd of about 200 people.
- Supporters
of pot crusaders rally in Vancouver
CBC News - Jul 30 7:27 PM
About 200 people rallied in Vancouver Saturday to protest the arrest of
three members of the B.C. Marijuana Party, who are the subject of an
extradition request from the U.S. government.
- Supporters
of pot crusaders rally in Vancouver
CBC News - Jul 30 6:55 PM
About 200 people rallied in Vancouver Saturday to protest the arrest of
three members of the B.C. Marijuana Party, who are the subject of an
extradition request from the U.S. government.
- About
200 rally in Vancouver in support of busted Marijuana Party leader
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Jul 30 5:10
PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - All the cliches of a pot protest were there: the hackey-sac
games, tie-dye T-shirts and small clouds of smoke floating above the crowd
of about 200 people.
- Business
as usual for B.C. Marijuana Party office, head shop after leader busted
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Jul 30 4:16
PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - All the cliches of a pot protest were there: the hackey-sac
games, tie-dye t-shirts and small clouds of smoke floating above the crowd
of about 200 people.
- Canadian
pot activist and seed merchant arrested in federal case
Grand Forks Herald - Jul 30 3:24 PM
SEATTLE - A Canadian marijuana activist known as "The Prince of
Pot" has been arrested in Canada on a U.S. indictment targeting his
alleged multimillion-dollar marijuana seed business.
- Business
as usual for B.C. Marijuana Party office/head shop after leader busted
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Jul 30 2:29
PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - The uplifting psychedelic rock music blaring from the B.C.
Marijuana Party's headquarters in downtown Vancouver didn't reflect the mood
inside. Signs at the entrance to the storefront, which doubles as a
bookstore and sells marijuana paraphernalia, told the U.S., politely and not
so politely, where to go.
- B.C.
Marijuana party leader expected to return to Vancouver next week
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Jul 30
12:47 PM
HALIFAX (CP) - A Canadian pot activist American authorities want extradited
to face charges in the United States was spending the weekend in a
Halifax-area jail, where he was to stay before being returned to Vancouver.
- Canada's
`Prince of Pot' nabbed for U.S. seed sales
Macon Telegraph - Jul 30 12:13 PM
SEATTLE - (KRT) - Marc Emery has built a multimillion-dollar business
selling marijuana seeds and paraphernalia while thumbing his nose at
authorities in his native Canada, even challenging them to arrest him.
- Canada's
`Prince of Pot' nabbed for U.S. seed sales
Kansas City Star - Jul 30 12:05 PM
SEATTLE - (KRT) - Marc Emery has built a multimillion-dollar business
selling marijuana seeds and paraphernalia while thumbing his nose at
authorities in his native Canada, even challenging them to arrest him.
- Canada's
`Prince of Pot' nabbed for U.S. seed sales
The Times Leader - Jul 30 12:03 PM
SEATTLE - (KRT) - Marc Emery has built a multimillion-dollar business
selling marijuana seeds and paraphernalia while thumbing his nose at
authorities in his native Canada, even challenging them to arrest him.
- Emery
expected to return to Vancouver next week
CNews - Jul 30 9:01 AM
VANCOUVER (CP) - All the cliches of a pot protest were there: the hackey-sac
games, tie-dye T-shirts and small clouds of smoke floating above the crowd
of about 200 people.
- B.C.
pot activist to spend weekend in N.S. jail
CTV.ca - Jul 30 8:39 AM
The leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party will spend the weekend in a
Halifax-area jail before being returned to Vancouver next week.
- B.C.
Marijuana Party Leader expected to return to Vancouver next week
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Jul 30 8:19
AM
HALIFAX (CP) - A Canadian pot activist American authorities want extradited
to face charges in the U.S. will spend the weekend in a Halifax-area jail
before being returned to Vancouver next week.
- Emery
arrested, store raided
Canoe - Jul 30 1:53 AM
VANCOUVER -- Well-known Canadian pot activist Marc Emery -- a former
Londoner -- and two others should be extradited to the U.S. to face several
marijuana charges, says information contained in a search warrant sought by
the United States and granted by a B.C. court.
- Prominent
pot activist facing extradition to US
The Globe and Mail - Jul 30 12:36 AM
Prominent pot activist facing extradition to U.S. VANCOUVER -- Marc Emery,
Canada's most prominent pro-marijuana activist, is facing the possibility of
life imprisonment in the United States for selling marijuana seeds over the
Internet to U.S. customers.
- Canadian
accused of sending pot seeds (7/30/2005)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Jul 30 12:34 AM
A Drug Enforcement Administration investigation into the distribution of
marijuana seeds led yesterday to the arrest in Canada of a man known as the
"Prince of Pot."
- Canada's
"Prince of Pot" nabbed for U.S. seed sales
Seattle Times - Jul 30 12:11 AM
Marc Emery has built a multimillion-dollar business selling marijuana
seeds and paraphernalia while thumbing his nose at authorities in...
- The
Brandon Sun: Online Edition
Brandon Sun - Jul 29 10:19 PM
Pot activist arrested in extradition bid by U.S. VANCOUVER Well-known
Canadian pot activist Marc Emery and two others should be extradited
to the United States to face several marijuana charges, says information
contained in a search warrant sought by the United States and granted by a
B.C. court.
- "Prince
of Pot" Canadian marijuana activist arrested on U.S. indictment
Seattle Times - Jul 29 7:05 PM
The indictment targets Marc Emery's alleged multimillion-dollar
marijuana seed business.
- Well-known
Vancouver pot activist arrested in extradition bid by U.S.
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 4:22
PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - Well-known Canadian pot activist Marc Emery and two
others should be extradited to the United States to face several marijuana
charges, says information contained in a search warrant sought by the United
States and granted by a B.C. court.
- Canada
police raid Marijuana Party on U.S. request
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 3:58 PM
Police raided the headquarters of the British Columbia Marijuana Party on
Friday at the request of U.S. investigators targeting one of Canada's
best-known advocates of legalizing marijuana.
- Marijuana
crusader's seed store raided
CBC News - Jul 29 2:32 PM
Vancouver police armed with a search warrant have raided a pot-seed store
run by Marc Emery, the head of the B.C. Marijuana Party. The warrant
was executed on behalf of the U.S. government.
- Pot
crusader Emery's store raided
CBC Saskatchewan - Jul 29 2:29 PM
There are reports that Vancouver police have raided a pot seed business run
by the head of the B.C. Marijuana Party – and it appears as though it was
done on behalf of the American government.
- BC
marijuana store raiders
The Globe and Mail - Jul 29 2:12 PM
Vancouver — Police raided a business run by the head of the B.C. Marijuana
Party on Friday based on a search warrant that was requested by the U.S.
government.
- Pot
party leader still in jail
CNews - Jul 29 1:59 PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - The leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party was still behind
bars Wednesday, despite being granted bail a day earlier. Associate Chief
Justice Patrick Dohm released Marc Emery on a $50,000 dollar bail,
with $10,000 in cash and the rest in $10,000 bonds.
- Well-known
Vancouver pot activist arrested in extradition attempt by U.S.
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 1:59
PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - Police raided a business run by the head of the B.C.
Marijuana party on Friday based on a search warrant requested by the U.S.
government, which wants Marc Emery extradited to face charges related
to the sale of marijuana seeds on the Internet and by mail.
- Marijuana
seed store raided
CBC British Columbia - Jul 29 1:27 PM
Marc Emery, the leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party and self-described
"Prince of Pot" has been arrested in Halifax. At the same time as
Halifax RCMP were taking Emery into custody, several Vancouver police
officers raided Emery's West Hastings Street marijuana seed and
paraphernalia store.
- B.C.
Marijuana Party store raided, leader arrested
CTV.ca - Jul 29 1:12 PM
Police raided a marijuana seed store run by the B.C. Marijuana Party leader
in Vancouver Friday. Leader Marc Emery was arrested in Halifax.