VANCOUVER—He saluted his supporters crowded in a Vancouver courtroom to see him off, told his wife he loved her and then the self-proclaimed Prince of Pot gave one last defiant rallying cry.
"Plant the seeds of freedom. Overgrow the government, everyone," Marc Emery yelled out as sheriffs led him away to jail.
After years of flouting marijuana laws in Canada, openly smoking bongs in public and making millions off a marijuana seed empire that funded a magazine and an unsuccessful political party, Emery turned himself in to police in Vancouver Monday.
He pleaded guilty earlier this year and made a deal to serve a five-year prison term in the U.S. after being pursued by American authorities for selling seeds through the mail.
Emery, 51, will be in Canadian custody before being turned over to American authorities in Washington state. But he's making a last-ditch attempt to get his supporters to lobby federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson to stop the extradition or allow him to serve his sentence in Canada.
Emery, who called himself the most visible face of cannabis culture, said his incarceration will motivate millions of Americans to back him.
There were rallies last weekend to protest his arrest in various cities and countries, but nearly all of them drew small crowds. In Vancouver, where Emery's business is based, only 150 people showed up.
"I've probably run the largest-scale revolution that has had no bodies. There are no victims, no dead people, in my revolution," said Emery. "This is a revolution fronted by a beautiful plant. The world's most beloved plant."
Emery has been arrested 18 times and served three months in a Saskatoon prison.
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"Plant the seeds of freedom. Overgrow the government, everyone," Marc Emery yelled out as sheriffs led him away to jail.
After years of flouting marijuana laws in Canada, openly smoking bongs in public and making millions off a marijuana seed empire that funded a magazine and an unsuccessful political party, Emery turned himself in to police in Vancouver Monday.
He pleaded guilty earlier this year and made a deal to serve a five-year prison term in the U.S. after being pursued by American authorities for selling seeds through the mail.
Emery, 51, will be in Canadian custody before being turned over to American authorities in Washington state. But he's making a last-ditch attempt to get his supporters to lobby federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson to stop the extradition or allow him to serve his sentence in Canada.
Emery, who called himself the most visible face of cannabis culture, said his incarceration will motivate millions of Americans to back him.
There were rallies last weekend to protest his arrest in various cities and countries, but nearly all of them drew small crowds. In Vancouver, where Emery's business is based, only 150 people showed up.
"I've probably run the largest-scale revolution that has had no bodies. There are no victims, no dead people, in my revolution," said Emery. "This is a revolution fronted by a beautiful plant. The world's most beloved plant."
Emery has been arrested 18 times and served three months in a Saskatoon prison.
News Hawk- Weedpipe 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: THE STAR
Author: Petti Fong
Contact: TheStar.com Toronto Edition - Breaking News, Sports, Entertainment, Business, Classifieds, Local and National News - GTA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Copyright: Toronto Star 1996-2009
Website:TheStar.com | Canada | Prince of Pot heads to joint in U.S.
