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A federal bill that would impose mandatory jail time for serious drug crimes would increase the workload of the parole system, and the government intends to inject more than $100 million over five years to ease the burden, according to the commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada. full story- Jail’s brutality begins with a vibe similar to after-school detention. Slowly you feel your life slipping away – tick tock, tick tock – as a mind-numbing boredom sets in. full story
- Would you like to be the judge? Would you like it to be your responsibility to decide peoples’ fates? Should they live or die? Should they be free or imprisoned? full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marc reads a letter written for an author friend about books, politics, and more in this episode of the Prison Potcast. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marc discusses the history of his continuing conflict with Canadian and US authorities in Episode #7 of the Prison Potcast. full story- I just received a call from my friend David Malmo-Levine, who is locked up in Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge, BC. full story
Medical marijuana user with multiple sclerosis faces up to 20 in prison for growing pot plants. full story
He's waiting for a five year jail term. The prince of pot, is sitting tight until he's extradited to the United States. full story- I want to thank everyone who has been sending me mail and books while I'm here at North Fraser Pretrial. Unfortunately, I'm still not getting a lot of my mail due to inappropriate content, missing return addresses, and other silly things like included illegal Post-It notes or staples. full story
Online marijuana seed seller Richard Hratch Baghdadlian is facing imprisonment in Canada for five years. full story
If the federal government gets its way, Canadians will witness a boom in prison construction coinciding with the longest steady decline in crime rates in Canadian history. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - The Prince of Pot reports about life behind bars from inside his B.C. prison in Episode #2 of Marc Emery's Prison Potcast. full story- As I was sitting in a school newspaper meeting Tuesday (I write for the college paper) my cell phone rang. The call was from an unknown number. full story
- Here is a poem I wrote from my prison cell. full story
Several factors make Emery's case unique, and different from that of a 'drug dealer'. Does his extradition meet the Canadian legal requirements? full story- Please take a few minutes to write Will Foster in the Oklahoma City County Jail. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Prince of Pot Marc Emery talks about his first week in jail in Episode #1 of Marc Emery's Prison Potcast. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - A Constant Vigil for marijuana activist Marc Emery is being held at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre, and continues for 24 hours a day, every day until he is free. full story- Yesterday my close friend and mentor Marc Emery was taken into custody in Vancouver, British Columbia to await extradition to the US for selling pot seeds over the internet from Canada. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Jodie Emery, Publisher and Editor of Cannabis Culture, hits the television airwaves to demand freedom for her husband Marc Emery, who was imprisoned yesterday for selling marijuana seeds. full story
After two decades as Canada's Prince of Pot, Marc Emery will surrender himself today in B.C. Supreme Court and become the country's first Marijuana Martyr. full story
Canada’s 'Prince of Pot' in one of his last newspaper interviews before extradition to a U.S. prison. full story- It's been a hectic week at Cannabis Culture Headquarters as we prepare to say farewell to our boss Marc Emery. full story
Next week, Canadian political activist, publisher and businessman Marc Emery - known by many as the "Prince of Pot" -- will be extradited to the United States, where he will likely be sentenced to five years in federal prison. His crime? Selling marijuana seeds. full story
If you don't know the back story, later this month in Seattle, Marc Emery, the so-called "Prince of Pot," is scheduled to be sentenced to five years in American prison for selling marijuana seeds through the mail. full story
