Legal Challenges

Marc Emery on 60 Minutes: The Prince Of Pot

karlis — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Bob Simon of 60 MinutesA Canadian who calls himself the "Prince of Pot" could wind up in a U.S. jail for life for selling marijuana seeds, but says he would be "blessed" because such a plight could help legalize the drug.

Mayerthorpe Marijuana Connection Inappropriate, Top Cop Says

karlis — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800

RCMP Commissioner Giuliano (Zack) ZaccardelliFive days after the deaths of four RCMP officers during an auto-part theft investigation, officials are admitting that they made a mistake when they blamed the deaths on pot.

We Need Your Help

karlis — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Marc has helped fight the Drug War for years. Please help him now!The attack by the USA and Drug Enforcement Administration on Marc Emery Direct Seeds ? designed to destroy his ability to aid to the marijuana movement ? also put three people's lives at risk. They face extradition to the USA and life sentences for various charges.

Hungarian Marijuana Activist Arrested Again After Trial

karlis — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Hungarian police on Wednesday arrested a drug activist for possession of illegal substances two days after he brought a cannabis plant to his trial for using marijuana.
"The police came to my house because I took a plant into the courtroom," Peter Juhasz, the Vice President of the Hempseed Organization, told Cannabis Culture. "They found a plant and other paraphernalia and arrested me."

State Initiative Next Step for Marijuana Backers

karlis — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800

Marijuana advocates vowed from the Capitol steps Wednesday to put a statewide measure legalizing adult pot possession on Colorado's November ballot and mobilize an army of voters to pass it.
The statewide campaign is fueled by outrage over Denver authorities' rejection of Initiative 100, said Mason Tvert, campaign director for the initiative's sponsor, Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER).

DEA Raids San Francisco Medical Cannabis Cooperative and Grow Sites

karlis — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800

Patients rally outside HopeNetSan Francisco, December 20th: DEA agents raided the HopeNet Medical Cannabis Cooperative, returning after dark to break down the door after a three-hour standoff with the HopeNet supporters.

Operation Green Merchant

karlis — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700

The DEA believed that High Times magazine, pot seed merchants, indoor pot growers, pot journalists and hydroponics equipment manufacturers were a criminal conspiracy worthy of a nationwide takedown.

Hydropanic

karlis — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700

In 1989, the US Drug Enforcement Agency tried to destroy the indoor gardening industry, asserting it was nothing more than a "sleazy front" for marijuana growers.

A Long Walk To Freedom

karlis — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Loretta Nall leaves the Alabama Capitol buildingDear Supporters, Reformers, True American Patriots and Friends...
First, I want to thank each and every one of you who came to my aid a few months ago after the U.S. D.E.A. persuaded Canadian authorities to arrest my close friend and employer Marc Emery.

Cannabis Culture News Roundup - September 18th 2005

karlis — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Marc Emery speaks in Vancouver on September 10thA look at some of the recent and current events in the cannabis community.

Marc Emery: My message to you

karlis — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700

I had that ?life flashing before me? moment. The frozen second in time when everything was sharp, clear, and signalled a great convergence of all my effort into this precise moment.
?Marc Emery, you are under arrest for Extradition to The United States of America.?

Emery Fights Back, DEA expands attack

karlis — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Marc Emery, the cannabis seed seller who is viewed as a drug kingpin by the US government, emerged from jail on August 5 a week after Canadian police acting under orders from the DEA kidnapped him from a public street in Halifax on July 29.
He emerged from jail barred from operating his seed business, which has closed permanently, but greeted as a hero-martyr by a burgeoning marijuana activism community energized by the arrest of Emery, his assistant Marijuana Man, and his close associate Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek.

All three have now been freed from jail.

Grower to DEA: Bud Out!

karlis — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700

I have a blunt message for the Drug Enforcement Administration: I grow marijuana for profit in the United States, you can't stop me, and you are ignorant fools.
I want to make sure I explain my message to the DEA clearly and in detail. One reason is that the DEA people appear to be intellectually deficient, so I have to design my message so that it could be understood even by a child.

Information for customers of Emery Seeds

karlis — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Marc Emery's seed company was raided Friday, July 29, by Canadian agents acting under orders from the DEA.
The raids were a DEA operation; it is the US government that is laying charges against Emery and two co-defendants, who were all arrested.

If there ever is a trial related to these charges, the American drug warriors want it held in America.

Emery, global war, & sovereignty

karlis — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700

With cannabis seed entrepreneur and political activist Marc Emery rumored to be on the verge of being let out of jail only a few days after being arrested at the request of the DEA, it's time to take note of US government's tendency to arrest, kidnap, imprison, torture, or kill people, regardless of their nationality or guilt, using a variety of time-tested methods for doing so.

BCMP Decries Loss of Canadian Sovereignty

karlis — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Imprisoned activist Marc EmeryToday the offices of the BC Marijuana Party, a registered political party in British Columbia, were caught up in a DEA-instigated raid. The raid is a dramatic example of the loss of Canadian sovereignty to the US drug war.

Ending fear

karlis — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Steven McWilliams"I love my country, but I fear my government."

"You'll get my gun when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of it."
Every time I travel to the United States, I see those words on bumper stickers adorning motor vehicles.

Med-pot struggles in New England

karlis — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Rhode IslandNEW YORK CITY? This month, Rhode Island could become the 11th American state to legalize medical marijuana. The state Senate voted 28-6 on June 30 to override Gov. Donald Carcieri's veto of a medical-marijuana bill, and the House, which earlier passed the bill by a 52-10 margin, is expected to vote on the override within two weeks.

Sex, Drugs, and Activism

karlis — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

William Perry at his storefrontTalking to people who just got arrested happens too frequently when you're a pot journalist, and it's usually disheartening. They're angry, depressed, and afraid.
But talking to William Perry last week after police in Maple Ridge, British Columbia raided his Guilty Pleasures sex gear and pot paraphernalia shop was inspiring.

Tremors follow Raich ruling

karlis — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Before the raid...A few weeks ago, Cannabis Culture publisher Marc Emery was excitedly putting together a major series of articles devoted to medical marijuana.

Send yourself to jail

karlis — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Gabriel Steve Rodriguez, a 26-year-old resident of Humboldt County, California, probably won't be sending his mom flowers next Mother's Day.
According to the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department, Mama Rodriguez called the Sheriff's Department and asked them to contact her son to deliver a message because she had been unable to reach him.

Vancouver: The New Cannabis Reality

karlis — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Vancouver, Canada ? home of an expanding network of multi-media reality artists and alternative activist-entrepreneurs who blend wild life with marijuana politics.
Consider a hit television show on the internet network that calls itself "Pot-TV." Originating from a basement studio in downtown Vancouver, the network broadcasts guerilla video about the culture of cannabis, including shows that tell people how to grow the illegal plant.

Canadian Med-Pot Regulations change

karlis — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

MMAR Still Unconstitutional After Latest Amendments

Since its inception in 2001, Health Canada's medical marijuana program has failed to fulfill its mandate from the Ontario Supreme Court Parker case to ensure that those who use cannabis as a medicine do not have to choose between their liberty and their health.₁ Only 821 medical cannabis users in Canada, out of an estimated 500,000, are doing so legally.

Pot refugee granted bail in B.C.

karlis — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Vancouver ? A California woman who has been denied refugee status and ordered to return to the United States to face marijuana charges was granted bail on Friday as she fights her extradition.
Renee Boje's case was adjourned until Sept. 30 in B.C. Supreme Court.

Ms. Boje, who fled to British Columbia in 1998, lives in Vancouver with her Canadian pot-activist husband Chris Bennett and their child.

Boje free ? for now

karlis — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Renee Boje with son ShivaCannabis activist and political refugee Renee Boje surrendered herself to the custody of Canadian authorities Friday morning, June 17, not knowing if a US extradition request would be honored and she would be taken away from her husband, son, and friends in Vancouver where she has lived for nearly eight years.