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CANNABIS CULTURE - "If you don't know about hemp, you're not green," shouted Vivian McPeak from the stage. "You need to get Greener." Thus began Greener Fest, held at LA's Venice Beach on May 15, where scores of colorful tent-covered kiosks greeted a steady stream of hemp enthusiasts in what is becoming a monthly series of huge cannabis confabs.

CNN -- The man known as Canada's "prince of pot" is expected to plead guilty today in a deal that could send him to a U.S. federal prison for five years. Marijuana activist Marc Emery is scheduled to appear this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington, where he will plead guilty to single count of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana.