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The ending was anticlimactic. On Monday evening, just as Canadians were sitting down to dinner, Parliament quietly enacted one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's most controversial pieces of legislation.

CANNABIS CULTURE - The Prince of Pot Marc Emery took a final tour across Canada before going to prison in BC to await extradition to the United States for selling marijuana seeds online. Go to www.NoExtradition.net for information about his fight against extradition and his chances of going to prison in the USA.

CANNABIS CULTURE - Marijuana activist Marc Emery thinks new drug legislation supported by Conservatives and Liberals will mean more Canadians in jail for non-violent crimes.

CANNABIS CULTURE - Controversial drug bill C-15, which includes mandatory minimum jail sentences for small amounts of marijuana, passed the Canadian House of Commons with the support of both Liberal and Conservative parties. The bill now moves to the Senate for a final vote.

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff seems to be facing some serious trouble at the party grassroots -- all revolving around the caucus decision to support this bill - C-15, which introduces mandatory prison sentences for drug crimes.

The lawyer for Canada’s so-called Prince of Pot said Wednesday he’ll appear in a Seattle court this summer to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana.
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