Vancouver cannabis crusader Marc Emery may be facing two more frustrating years behind bars in the Deep South of the United States. But he's more confident than ever he's winning the war on drug prohibition.
Jailed marijuana activist Marc Emery is all over the map politically. A founding member of the Marijuana Party of Canada, he's moved his support between the B.C. and federal NDP, the federal and provincial Greens and federal Liberals over the years.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Thousands of people with a passion for pot gathered in cities around the world yesterday to celebrate 4/20. But it wasn't only stoners and activists who showed up at the reefer rallies; the mainstream media was also out in force, getting the story (and getting high from second-hand smoke).
What is the true cost of marijuana prohibition? After four decades of the war on drugs, none of its stated goals have been achieved. Gangs are richer, more powerful, increasingly violent and the availability and use of marijuana has only gone up.
Sick and dying Canadians can apply to Health Canada for a licence to use marijuana to ease their symptoms, but an exclusive Global News investigation has learned drug dealers are hijacking the licencing process.
Arianna appeared on Monday morning's edition of "CNN Starting Point With Soledad O'Brien," joining a roundtable to discuss singer Tony Bennett's call to legalize drugs. Bennett's comments came on Saturday evening after singer Whitney Houston died at 48.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cannabis activist Jodie Emery appeared Wednesday on Canada's answer to the Fox News network, Sun TV, to discuss new Conservative drugs laws that would give non-violent marijuana growers longer prison sentences than child rapists.