Why I'm Cutting A Deal
by Marc Emery - Thursday, June 11 2009In the end, my lawyer, a wily and shrewd man named Ian Donaldson, said he just wouldn’t do it. He wouldn’t be the lawyer of record at any Extradition hearing for Marc Emery.
It wasn’t about money - Ian has charged me next to nothing over 4 years, less than $20,000 - and it wasn’t for lack of caring either. He said there just isn’t any way to beat the Extradition. As he told the CBC, “I am unaware of any situation since the 1990’s when the Canadian government has refused an Extradition Request of the United States.”
Ian had always hoped that the assistant US District Attorney of Western Washington state, a young, handsome and politically ambitious man named Todd Greenburg, would offer a plea deal that would be the best outcome under the circumstances. Earlier this year, my two co-accused, Greg Williams and Michelle Rainey, agreed to plead guilty to a charge of distributing marijuana and are expecting to receive a sentence of two years probation. This is considerably less than what had been anticipated earlier, when jail terms of 5 or 10 years or longer were threatened.
As late as last April, I was agreeing to be sentenced to 5 years, at first in a US jail, and then with most time to be served in Canada. The US District Attorney and I had a deal, but the Canadian Prosecutorial Service, at the request of Rob Nicholson, the Canadian Justice Minister, nixed it last May. The explanation was that the Conservative government wanted to do me no favours.
I have always thought the Conservative government, since taking power in January 2006, has been politicizing the judiciary and law enforcement to take a more severe and punitive approach to the marijuana culture. They see it as a culture war, and Bill C-15 passing the House of Commons a few days ago is the most blatant salvo in the Conservative War on the Cities and the Sixties at the same time.
The Cities are where the gang violence that stems from drug prohibition happens. The Cities are where policing budgets are escalating and unsustainable. They are where the addicts go to get prohibited drugs from gangs, and they're where they steal and beg to finance their addiction. They are where the women prostitute themselves for drugs. The Cities bear the scars of social disorder caused by drug prohibition. Bill C-15 is going to make every person - every teenager and young adult - who sells some pot or MDMA to a few friends in a school yard or near a playground, or at a rave (“any place frequented by young people”), subject to mandatory jail times of 6 months, a year, two years or longer. Repeat offenders are dealt with even more harshly.
Mid- and high-level drug dealers already get 6 months or more when convicted, so the new minimums do not affect the bosses who make the large-scale decisions and big money. Instead, this bill targets kids, junkies, weed dealers and small time growers with shell-shocking punishments on an unprecedented scale. It costs about $50,000 to $90,000 a year to house an inmate in Canada, depending on whether it’s a provincial jail or federal prison. How will we afford this and will it be worth it?
Organized gangs dominate prisons in Canada and the US with a full gang apparatus inside the jail as well as outside in the community. In order to use phones, get jobs, privileges, avoid trouble, not get beat up or raped, new, young (“virgin”) inmates convicted of drug charges will be pressured to join a gang in jail. Jails are the #1 recruitment place for all gangs in Canada. In fact, the deadly and volatile Red Scorpions gang, allegedly responsible for considerable gang mayhem in Metro Vancouver, formed in the jails of the lower mainland of BC.
The more we enforce the drug war with jail time for young dealers, the more violence we manufacture. The more we enforce the drug war and send kids to jail, the more we enrich gangs and gang activity. When a young person recruited to a gang in prison gets after 6 months, a year or two years, he will then be expected to continue gang activities on the outside. The more we enforce the drug war with jail, the more gangsters and dangerous criminals we manufacture. Or rather, the politicians and police manufacture, as they are virtually the exclusive beneficiaries of the drug war - along with judges, jailers and top-level gangsters. In 2008, over 350 Vancouver police earned over $100,000 in overtime spent enforcing the drug war.
So while I contemplate spending time in a US federal prison for spreading cannabis culture to the masses of the United States, I now know that my own country may be about to descend upon the same painful and wrong-headed policy that is drawing me to a US prison, a rapacious incarceration scheme that makes the US the most jailed place on earth.
Now Canada is prepared to make every single marijuana grower in Canada subject to a minimum six months jail, eviction and forfeiture, and loss of children and employment. Cocaine and heroin users who sell illicit drugs to pay for their own use and those who carry and transport will to jail. Under pressure, they will implicate others. This will fill prisons and also insure long, expensive court trials, as the accused will no longer plead guilty if jail is mandatory. The price of marijuana and other illicit substances will go up sharply due to the tremendous rise in risk, and there will be violent turf wars over replacing those who are arrested and jailed, as the money involved becomes even more lucrative.
The problems will all worsen - and then next year the police, and the politicians of the Liberal and Conservative Parties will demand more prisoners, more punishments, more laws, more police, and more taxpayer largesse to pay for what is clearly cruel, unsustainable, and morally unjustifiable. Drug users are not the problem, prohibition is.
As for me, I’m going to plead guilty in a Seattle courtroom sometime in August to one count of distributing marijuana. I will likely be sentenced in September or October.
I am doing this because my lawyer framed my options thusly: To challenge the extradition would be a lost cause and result in my extradition to Seattle to stand trial on three counts: conspiracy to manufacture, conspiracy to distribute, and conspiracy to money launder. Even waiting for my trial in Sea-Tac jail would take approximately 6 months to a year. Sentencing on the money laundering involves a mandatory minimum 10 years in federal prison. It also comes with the possibility of a substantial financial penalty, perhaps as high as $250,000 or up to $1 million in fines. If there is a financial penalty attached to my conviction, I cannot be transferred to a Canadian prison while any amount owing is outstanding. To challenge all three charges involves a potential jail time of 10 years plus 5 years plus 5 years plus $250,000 or more in fines.
On the charge of marijuana distribution I will plead to, the Assistant DA, Mr. Greenburg, is going to be asking for 5 – 8 years. My lawyers will ask for less, much less, in punishment, but it's likely to be a stint in a US federal prison.
I would have some very good arguments in my favor at a sentencing hearing: I did all my activities openly, transparently, paid taxes on earnings in full view of all Canadians for ten years. I had clear political motives, gave away over $4,000,000 to the movement in that ten years, and there are no victims here.
Upon my conviction, my wife Jodie will organize a campaign to have me transferred back to a Canadian jail - if transferred my sentence would reflect Canadian rules of release, so a 5-year sentence may see me released after a few years to day parole.
During my incarceration, I expect all my friends and supporters across Canada and the US and around the world to assist Jodie in the difficult task of running CannabisCulture.com and the Cannabis Culture Headquarters. The store, website, The BCMP offices, Pot.TV will all continue in my absence. Your financial support of our enterprises that have had such a huge impact on the cannabis culture around the world for the last 20 years will be required. Updates and further developments will be found on POT.TV and CannabisCulture.com.
In anticipation of these changes, Jodie and I are embarking on a tour of Canada beginning July 5 in Calgary, and will cover all major cities in Canada by mid August. If you want me to visit your hometown to speak, we require $500 so we can book airfare and a hotel room. Once that is done, we will indicate that city and venue are confirmed.
Once we are confirmed, my host would need to find a venue for us to speak. I would prefer to speak outdoors in a park or pavilion during the day, and in a library or hall in the evenings (no pubs or bars). I need a microphone for more than 50 people. My speech is typically 2 – 3 hours plus questions.
For details about the Farewell Tour, please go here:
Contact Marc Emery at
marc@cannabisculture.com
604.689.0590 or 604.685.8260 or Jodie’s cell phone at 604.818.4201
I hope the people make it
I hope the people make it politically impossible for the US and canada to go through with this stupidity. How is it that drunks can get prohibition repealed yet intelligent thinking, empassioned smokers cannot? And all of this as the (US) govt makes a mockery of its own black letter laws and founding documents left and right. We live in strange times, and they are only getting stranger.
hmmm, could it be because
hmmm, could it be because alcohol doesn't cure cancer or make bio-degradable plastics or paper or food?
a respectful letter writing campaign should start immediately. Use paper and a stamp. Real letters carry more weight. Keep it simple and to the point. I will be sending the following to the prosecutor.
Dear Sir,
I find it repugnant that the politically inspired prosecution of Marc Emery would go on for so long. How does it happen that a man pleads guilty to distributing a substance - when the federal attorney knows, he distributed seeds, which, only if properly tended, had the potential to grow into a controlled substance?
With this new federal standard, the amount of contraband found in fraternity couches across the land would be enough to empty our colleges and fill every federal prison for the next few decades!
Mr. Emery ran a legal business within the country in which he resides, Canada. A business from which the Canadian government collected taxes and a business which they actually recommended to authorized medical marijuana patients.
This prosecution is nothing more than a state sponsored rendition. Coerced by a corporate sponsored, government enforced war against competition with cannabis. I for one, am ashamed that my country has stooped so low in their attempt to keep the truth from the people. You can't put the genie back in the bottle, Sir. The information is already out there. Spain is doing human medical trials and science will out. Seven decades of misinformation has been greatly weakened by the Information Age thanks to people like Mr. Emery. Punishing him for his enthusiasm toward the most medicinal plant on the planet is the vilest of deeds.
Please take the time to consider your actions in the context of history. I implore you, do the right thing. Drop all charges against Marc Emery. Let him go home.
Respectfully,
maybe if marijuana was
maybe if marijuana was addictive like alcohol it would be legal..
Amen. I was raised by an
Amen. I was raised by an alcoholic mother and trust me if see had smoked cannabis life would have been much better for everyone.
WHY?
we teach our kids that good people get rewards bad people get thrown in jail
well all I'm wondering is when did good become bad?
this world is coming to a quick stop really fast so why waist lives in jail ?
arresting Marc emery would be like throwing Martin Luther King in jail for saying "i had a dream" really thats what it boils down to one mans dream
a dream that is becomeing a revolution
marc we have your back 100%
well be right there with you to the end!
CC!
I can't believe you just
I can't believe you just compared the struggle to smoke pot to the struggle for Black rights. Let's think a little before we post okay?
Marc..........dude.........Ca
Marc..........dude.........Can't believe your going to prison. That sucks monkey nuts. You truly are the Larry Flynt of Canada. Your suffering for our rights. Our right to put whatever we want into our bodies. The government should stay out of our bodies.
He has always fought for our rights
I did my post secondary education in London, Ontario in the late 70's early 80's and in London he was pretty much a household name. He owned the City Lights used Book and Magazine Store and he would open it every Sunday with was not allow in those days. He would get charged and be open again the next week, over and over. Since the move to B.C he has taken on a much larger fight and is now being forced to pay for it, and he never sold pot to Americans if I recall this whole mess is over distributing seeds which contain no THC even and the Canadian Government never charged him. What makes it even worse is Pot is not always illegal by State Law but Federal Law trumps state, so he would be facing the Federal Penitentiary System, where even hardened criminals have a hard time surviving and I am sure his royal title bestowed by his followers in the fight will not go unnoticed. The U.S War on drugs does not work and now our Conservative Gov`t is turning back the clock on so much of the valuable progress that`s been made. The U.S has approx. 2.5 million people in the penal system and 75-80% are serving time for non-violent drug related offenses, has nobody heard of Rehab. Governor Schwarzenegger has announced they are going to build more prisons adding capacity for another 40,000 inmates. Even during Prohibition when Alcohol was illegal they never jailed people for using it, only selling it.
While they never deny a request for extradition,they should start now, how many of those requests were for offenses that are not illegal in Canada. The Americans love their high profile busts, and Tommy Chong is a perfect example.
Here hoping you still beat this or at least get to serve your time here in Canada. Do they not even realize how much stronger they are making the whole movement in Canada with the extradition talk, if they are determined to make stop the fight, sending it`s leader to jail in a Foreign Country is a bad idea, as it will just rile the Prince`s followers and wake up the complacent one`s.
I keep hearing all you
I keep hearing all you people talking about how bad ass the us fed prison is and yadayadayada but truth be told if your not 18 and a dumb fuck YOU WILL BE FINE ! First off its the state prison you don't want to be in and theirs all types of federal prisons unlike the state pen which is just classified by numbers which you could get fucked on anyway, the federal systems much different and if you guys have'nt been to prison please don't tell this dude war stories about some shit you don't know about. I'm 28 and have my life straightened up now with a wife and kids but I have been to Prison and more than once and at a young age so Marc if your reading this don't be scared. Rule 1. Never gamble or borrow ANYTHING or accept a gift even if dude says its free cause the next day you better have what he wants or your ass is owned ! second don't go in mother fuckers cells (not till you know whats up and whos who) and don't be kicking people down soups or any of that shit to make friends! I know your a good dude but its the jungle and they are predators any sign of weakness or charity and they will suck you dry lol and last but not least if some one starts random shit with you and their not protected by any gang, race, ect ect prepare to do some time in the hole and wait till dinner time and split his fucking head open with a tray, that will be the last time you get shit. and the rape stories are hilarious I'm not saying it doesn't happen but theirs so many fags inside that theirs really no need to rape anybody, you'll see dudes using m&m's for lipstick lol its funny but seriously if Martha Stewart can make it I think you'll be OK.
Peace bro, Pahomegrown.
NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!
You will be fine Marc just don't give anyone any charity! They will take kindness for weakness. We should know! Raw Bizness gets out of prison on 7/28/09 and Ando gets out on 8/11/09.
If the Marijuana Community doesn't unite things will get worse. Eddy Lepp just turned himself in and is looking at 10 years for providing the sick with a place to grow their Marijuana. While Pot Smokers from different backgrounds are arguing the police are working together worldwide! 420 UNITY!!!!!
Wonderful Teacher
YOU WILL BE FINE!!!!!!!!Now no more prison talk. Marc ,you have the heart of a lion! You have tought me how to get involved and to make a difference in my life, no longer am i a criminal, IM REHABILITATED!!!! Now i STAND outside my courthouse with signs and i let my community know what's up with cannabis. I love the phrase "" it would be funny,if the prisons were not full and people were not dying"" and even now the Wilson Police Dept.(wilson n.c.)dont like me ! SO FUCKIN WHAT , when House Bill 1380, passes you are going to like me even less when the NCCPN opens wilsons first legal cannabis dispensary. I will be honest , i am scared of doing more time , it will KILL ME, brain injury, liver gone(from pills),All fucked up,but not bitching,so my life and health depend on this happening,then i will be in a position to OVERGROW MY LOCAL GOV'T,and have my medicine.Thank you to the Indivuals for the way their TRUTH came out, TRUE ,TRUE,TRUE, I speak to all i see bout this , white,black,brown,,and we MUST UNITE, find out the phone# of elected officials and TELL THEM TO CHANGE THE LAWS OR WE WILL VOTE YOU OUT, see,We sick people are making up a large majority and we have a voice, I go to my city council!Do you?if not YOU SHOULD!,my wife is a R.N. and we are involved locally,We send the message of TRUTH TO ALL!!Marc, you tought me to get involved to make a change,and yes I think " I CAN UNDO THE EVIL OF MEN"your friend Richard"sick richie"Michael Wilson North Carolina..You Inspire ME
I for one am one of those
I for one am one of those that this whole thing has riled up, I am sickened at the fact that "most peaceful nation" in the world would send one of their own to possibly the most rowdy trigger happy nation in the world. It is not illegal here why would they send him there for a crime that he didnt even commit there and that isnt even a crime here. You are right they are only enforcing this movement by doing this more people will raise up and make their voices heard not only pot smokers but regular canadians, anyone that doesnt think this is wrong should be the ones extradited because they dont care about a fellow canadian.
good decisions are hardly ever the easy ones
best to you and thank you for all your hard work and blindingly brilliant dedication for so long. you have done even more than you know. thank you again.
And the US wonders why
And the US wonders why everybody hates them. Cannabis seed sale should be no more harshly policed than poppy seed sale. It's a complete double standard. Poppies actually do produce narcotics. Cannabis produces a hypnotic. Big difference. Why can US citizens grow opium poppies as a decorative plant but not Cannabis?
I find that those who
I find that those who believe that "everyone" hates the US are those (usually Americans) who believe whatever the media tells them to believe. You should perhaps do a bit of traveling, as I have never met a person who "hates" the US.
You should also be aware that there are several species of poppies, many of which people like to plant in gardens. Opium poppies are not legal in any way, shape, or form in the US however.
Do you people just spout the first things that come to mind without actually worrying about wether or not it is true? You guys should get into politics! ;)
you are wrong
it is illegal to grow real poppies in the u.s. the poppies we have do not produce opium.
Keep going marc...
Going to jail for 5-10 years for growing a flower or something that this planet an god has put on this earth. Are world is nothing but corruption now. I will not stop fighting for the legalization of marijauna for as long as i live. Marc, greg, michelle, jodie, tim felger, are all inspiring to me and i shall fight as they are and so should everyone else.
Stand up for what you believe in don't hide behind your own shadows, let the world and government see what we have instored for them.
I will try my best to raise alittle money for you marc, I will be ion toronto on july 17 supporting you and listenign to every word you have to say.
BULLSHIT
in the last decade canada has gone up and down with its pot laws.... bc of 1 person fighting for a whole country, Marc Emery. i swear to god Marc, the day you goto jail for this bullshit is the day a whole new war will start, this is bullshit what direction canada is going in right now, all bc of Harper.
Mr Emery, The nights
Mr Emery,
The nights are long and cold as the wind cant be heard and the sun cant be felt.The greatness in seeding a carnal world with happiness of spirits of joy and tenderness have you earned.A General and noble gentlemen that seen the northern lights way up in Alqounqin along time has passed as the shaded moons have gone.The work of God has been done and the tides will power the source of all the greatness of sowing.The harvest is reaped by the sower never by the carnal world.
The voice of truth echos louder than the corupt slander of evil doers .Freedom is in a place of conquering the carnal being of distruction so the mind is the power.
HONOUR AND GLORY
THE SOWER OF SENSI!
to the above poster - is
to the above poster - is English your second language?
Good luck in the clink, Marc.
marc
Sorry to see this happen to a you marc. Your the one who gave me the seeds of life to grow my first crop of dank meds. your a stoner hero to all us budsmokers. much love
emery extradition
thank you for being a martyr for the cause. fuck the us government. land of the incarcerated and home of the corrupt. im sure cannabis prohibition is exactly what washington, adams, hamilton, franklin, jefferson, et al had envisioned when they risked all they had for liberty...oh wait, they all grew it on their properties. sigh...this is so frustrating.
This bibliographical essay
This bibliographical essay is informative, gramatically correct and well composed. You pass the literacy test Marc.
Dopes
Marc, you are a dope, and so are those who support you. It is sad to see so many people require mind altering substances to be able to face the realities of daily life.
Gladly you are getting what you deserve, just not long enough.
Anonymous Dope, you are a
Anonymous Dope, you are a tool of oppression and subjugation and you don't even know it. It's sad to see so many useful idiots willing to mindlessly support corporate fascism.
May your own words come back and bite you in the ass some day.
ps I bet you're a dumb drunk.
to anonymous dope
one day your enslaved ass will be at the other end of your sad little coments. your the best kind of slave,the kind that doesn't know he is one.Free loving people every where should look with grave concern, and feel a need act,to stop the outrage against freedom of political thought.when the us. government starts to use law enforcement as a tool to put down a persons or groups political movement, that should concern you!!!!!!!!marcs not going to prison for selling seed, he going to prison for being a voice more and more people are hearing and starting to listen to.The movement marc represents scares the old blue blood that have all the power here in the us.They want total reliance on the system,less choice,more control.Marc being the crazy man that he is want the freedoms of a true democracy, and a government that doesn't war, and in prison its owen people for growing a plant that god put hear.
Marcs going to jail because he asked for it
marcs not going to prison for selling seed,
hes not going to prison for being a voice
he's going to jail because he plead guilty on 60 Minutes TV
that plus his 2 seed pushing pals ratted him out to save their stoner asses if
plus he's a classic asshole perverted addict with a haircut
Deserving
Hey anonymous chicken shit:
EVENTUALLY, WE WILL PROSECUTE THE PROSECUTORS, JUST HOPE YOU'RE NOT HIDING WHEN THIS HAPPENS! UNLIKE YOURSELF, AT LEAST MARC HAS THE COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT HE BELIEVES. NONE OF HIS ACTIONS WERE ANONYMOUS. WHY AREN'T YOU IN AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ?
what the eff?
What the eff kind of aggression is this? I for one would loved to dissemble the international war on cannabis one failed self-sustaining bureaucracy at a time. This attitude, however, only makes freedom fighters look like ignorant contras. Shut the fuck up dave, unless your words contribute something positive to the legalization cause.
Ironic though, the lambasting with "anonymous chicken" shit like rhetoric. I suppose then, we take it at your anonymous word that your name is Dave... Hmm, no last name though....
Call up your local federal representative or Norml office and express your distaste for the crime against humanity that prosecuting marijuana cries is.
Narrow Minded
use your name you fuckin coward , what Degree do you have in Hepatic functions,how many times have you had to diagnose brain trauma,or how many people have you treated for CHRONIC PAIN, Oh, facing realities, my life is together,married,kid,dog,rent,lights,etc.etc.etc. My shit is together, dick, my health is not,WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU KNOWABOUT MY HEALTH PROBLEMS , go talk to your FAMILY who gobble up MAN-MADE PILLS hoping to feel better, i cant dumbass, my liver is gone from pills,CANNABIS is my only option, for pain control, and Quality of Life,,Wishing you a WONDERFUL HEAD INJURY, youll understand then
marc
i really hope it dont come to this marc.i love your site and your strengths,and words of wisdom, we need more peopke like you ,how can something so great be wrong,but its wrong in one mans eyes with the strength of money and power they push this beliefs on others, to help pass laws.my beliefs really mean nothing to goverment only to me and people that love me. are goverment in a time of ression bail out banks and wall street ? hmmm.. the ressions is because of high price of gas,electricity,food and all other daily needs.the banks would rebound when the avg. everyday people recover.so point is they do as they want and not whats right. thank you marc may the power of peace and pot be with you....
I am nearly at a loss for words.
Dear Marc,
I must say that you amongst others have been an inspiration to myself and to all of those that will one day stand against the forces of tyranny and corruption that seem to seep forth now more than ever from the political machine. A machine that is slowly turning our precious rights into commodities that seem to only be enjoyed by those with a substantial amount of money that is used to pay off whoever is of influence within the justice system. Money equals power, and this war on drugs is just another example of how the whole system is heading towards a disastrous outcome. The idea is to turn Canada into a Police State. Once you have average citizens mixing in with the hardened criminals in prison, and then you release these re-educated average citizens into the population, they will more than likely re-offend and will do things far worse than what they were originally in jail for, then the every day citizen will fear these hardened criminals and will give up their rights to be protected from these repeat offenders. Thus the police state is born. Now, because of the fear generated by this cycle, every citizen and their dog will be afraid, fear stimulates the economy and makes people buy more things, the business man get rich from people buying things due to the peoples fears, and now instead of being a police state, we are a capitalist society. The business man make so much money from capitalism that they can now pay to have anybody that they want run for government, so they basically pay to have people that are running for government groomed and fashioned into someone the people will vote for and you get fascism. This is happening all over the world. Canada is just the final nail in the coffin. Welcome to The New World Order. I sincerely hope that you are alright and that you stay strong and honest through these trying times.
Sincerely,
Vinnie Chase
Much Love
Good Day, Marc.
On behalf of my fellow, progressive American brethren, I am sorry about your current state of affairs. However, I am grateful for your dedication. Perhaps bringing you to American soil will somehow rally Americans to the cause. Much love.
Hang in there Marc
I've been following your endeavors ever since I started smoking around 2001. It has always dumbfounded me how as the government sees it 'lazy pot smokers' are capable of defusing a complex situation like drug prohibition. I completely agree with you with every thing you have said about Marijuana and drug prohibition in general. If the government really intended to eliminate this problem, they would legalize and tax, not prohibit.
I'm not sure whether it is ignorance, or just plain stupidity, but the drug laws in Canada, and even more so in USA need to be refined. The very reason that Marijuana is sometimes called a 'gate-way' drug is because when one goes to purchase it they must buy from a DRUG dealer. If they didn't have to go to someone who sells drugs in general, they would never see the other drugs. Moreover, half the reason any drug is so appealing to some is directly because of the prohibition.
I sincerely hope you are able to be moved to a Canadian prison after sentencing. I think I speak for all of us when I say we'll make sure we keep the movement going when you are in jail.
Man, if I were you I'd leave
Man, if I were you I'd leave to another country asap, stick it to the man, don't just accept the fate they give you, make your own, seriously, FUCK what they say.
Can't Leave...
Alas my friend, Marc would likely never do that. This Freedom Fighter has always proudly stood behind his actions. It was he who made me open my eyes to what is truly happening here. Marc stands and takes his lumps to prove how idiotic the war against him is, and it is. We live in a democracy, PM Harper and the Conservatives were voted in bc the Liberals failed us in many ways (mostly corruption), that said they were not voted in for their prohibition stance, in fact Alan Rock and the Liberals were well on their way to some enlightenment. That said, in the subsequent two elections we as voters said we wanted tough on crime. Now, it is up to US to tell them we DON'T think marijuana is a crime. So, listen up all you haters and insecure, ignorant losers who are thinking about posting a negative comment... Piss off. Marc Emery has sacrificed his private life and freedom to ensure us all rights to privacy and freedoms to do whatever we like in the privacy of our own homes without the government monitoring our power bills, spending habits etc. Things we all hold near and dear, whether we smoke marijuana or not. So, let's all have some repect for Marc, who is losing his freedom in pursuit of a cause he believes in and because he believes it will benefit more than just himself. Thank you Marc, long live the Prince of Pot, from Saskatoon. See you on July 8th.
Thank you Mark
Mark
I wish you and your family all the best with your endeavours and with the future that lies ahead for you.
I would like to say thanks for all you have done through out the years to enlighten some minds. Unfortunatly, some minds remain in darkness and always will.
Please know that you have done a great service to many around the world and should be rewarded for your efforts instead of condemned.
Regards
Will
Marc Emery agreeing to the atrocious and bogus US charges.
Reference: Marc Emery agreeing to US extradition.
My emotion: Wholly outraged!
Perhaps I'm missing the gist of M. Emerey's sheme.
I was saying three years ago: those people will not be able to touch even a hair on his head; alas, it seems the contrary.
I really hope this concludes in your favor with no extradition, and wish you much luck.
A proud supporter of Marc Emery and Jodie Emery
I have read your story, and to this moment it has inspired me help spread your message across the world. It greatly saddens me to know, with out a doubt, that we live in a corrupt world like this. I am not a true believer in God, but I do know, if we are living in a world created by him, no human being with the will to walk this earth has the power, or the reason, to try and eliminate a creation of god, or the freedom of our rights as people. I hope I worded that correctly....I'm only 17. :D Marc, you are not alone. Thousands of people are standing beside you right now, including me. With their hands held together and their hearts wide open. One day this government will fall, and never be caught. Much Love from Caldwell, ID
"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one."
-John Lennon
I was wondering if anyone
I was wondering if anyone had info on the gathering on parlement hill in Ottawa on July 19th ? I dont want to miss it.
Thanks,
Ian
P.S.: Marc, you have great courage. We are with you. I guess sometimes we may have to loose a battle to win the war or that is to end the war.
They are coming after our culture.
Ive been smoking pot for a very long time. Its a personal choice, Not for eveyone.. But it seems that the people that "dont smoke pot" always have the worst things to say about it and the people that do it. People see movies with huge gangsters dealing all this pot and then incorperate that with reality.. yes theres most likly two or three dealings in your neighborhood. no matter where you are. I think the government and these "anti-drug" freaks need to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Marc Emery is an Pot Icon. He is the prince of pot. And now hes being imprisond for distributing marijuana seeds.. wheres the harm. your selling a seed that has to be closely watched and cared for. It just seems unjust. Ill see you in Ottawa Marc!
Thank you from isra-hell.
Just wanted to say thanks, here from isra-hell.
We should create our marijuana country.
Here in isra-hell they started to sell medical marijuana on prescription in one pharmacy in Eilat.
With a prescription for medical marijuana here you can grow up to 10 plants, no longer then 1.5 meter each.
They also check the influance of marijuana on depression patients. The revolution had begun.
ppl are so dumb
wow these ppl are so dumb for wat they are doing ok he did wrong yeah but he shouldnt be put in jail that long i mean really it hasnt killed any one you cant over douce on it smoking its much heathlyer then any other drug i mean drinking is the worst shit ppl its a DAMN! plant that grows from mother nature fuck ppl after all these year of wat he has done they are going to do this now wow its to late ppl smoke weed from every where and you cant stop them form doing it and weee ppl will make this happen for him and we will grow are plants we will smoke this weed...he has changed the world.....shit i would really like those ppl that are putting him in jail to just try it and see if they dnt like it?.....im just saying this is stupid and they should really open there eyes and see that they are not going to stop ppl form smoking...we will go on and we will wait for him to get out and wait for him to do his magice...you cant stop us wee wont give up...fight till the death
wee luv u prince of pot
Stay in school.
Stay in school.
King of Pot
Marc Emery needs to plead NOT GUILTY to something, anything!
Marc plead guilty to seeds in Canada, thus that law stands and he is extraditable because it is a law in force in Canada. Marc then recently pleaded guilty to trafficking marijuana for simply passing a joint between friends. This is now the common law justification for arresting and bringing trafficking convictions against all marijuana users (for passing a joint). This should have and could have been fought.
Jimi Hendrix - "The power of love" will never triumph until we all plead NOT GUILLTY and fight every single charge and, if necessary, do jail time for the right reason - No Deals.
Good luck to you Marc, no one deserves what is being done to you and the Marijuana Culture, medicinal, recreational and/or spiritual. The law is unfair, unjust, illegal and constitutional, however, that changes nothing unless it is said in Court by everyone, everytime - plead NOT GUILTY!
Peace and Love
War on Drugs causes more harm than good
History always repeats itself, If there's one thing you think we would have learned from Prohibition it's that it doesn't work!, It only causes much more serious problems.
Just like Tommy Chong, They try to silence one black sheep and they end-up waking 10,000 more. He wasn't always a Marijuana Rights Activist/Spokesperson, Chong was just a simple Stoner Comedian/Actor until U.S. Authorites tried to make an example out of him and scare youth from following in his non-conforming, defiant footsteps. As with Marc Emery, the charges and the arrests were purely and solely politically motivated. As long as there are brainwashed prosecters like Mary Beth Buchanan, they will continue to recieve all the support and promotion they need to keep being puppets of the system. And they will utilize police power to put away innocent magazine editors/rights activists and Raid bong factories established by famous comedian/actors instead of spending their time fighting the Real war on terrorism.
The War on Drugs is a war against ourselves than cannot be won by either side. When will we open our eyes?
what a joke? i have only got
what a joke? i have only got back on the net affter a 2 year absence. it is typical of the steuwpipower yanks to jail the only up front and true activiest for pot an hemp culture. good luck marc i think you will need it once you step in to tne states , there not the most trustworthy gorventment in history when it comes to keeping deals made out of state
keep the faith bro, an smokin 2
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for recreational,medicinal,spiritual,industrial and evironmental and decorative uses. Heck, anything we can think of to use it. Why not? The alternative is too drastic and dreadful. It is time for common sense to prevail.
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Do you really think that's possible? I don't think so. If I were you, I just ask my lawyer to go home and take care of his family.
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No one to believe in the states. You better not go there. What are you going to do anyway?
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