Here's a link to a small FB gallery of the event Hempire and I attended today.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=47...25cffb040b
It was called the "Free Marc Emery!" rally, at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Information on the guy from wiki:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=47...25cffb040b
It was called the "Free Marc Emery!" rally, at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Information on the guy from wiki:
Quote:Marc Scott Emery is a Canadian cannabis and libertarian activist, as well as a former cannabis seed seller. United States government officials have described Emery as a drug dealer for his efforts to sell marijuana seeds nationally and abroad. He is the publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine. He ran for mayor of the city of Vancouver in 1996, 2002 and 2008. He is often referred to as the "Prince of Pot".
He is formerly a retailer of cannabis seeds for cultivation, having started Marc Emery Direct Marijuana Seeds in 1995, which he ran until it was closed by a raid by Vancouver police acting on the request of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on July 29, 2005.
He currently faces extradition to the United States. In January 14, 2008, Emery agreed to a tentative plea-bargain with U.S. authorities. The terms of the agreement were a 5-year prison term to be served in both Canadian and U.S. prisons. In return, he demanded the charges against his friends Michelle Rainey and Greg Williams be dropped. On March 27, 2008 the plea-bargain deal collapsed because of the refusal of the Canadian government to approve its side of the arrangement. On September 21, 2009, he will plead guilty to a charge of manufacturing marijuana in a Seattle court.
