US goes after Canada's "Prince of Pot" tomorrow. CBC News video link

[Bozita]

Prince of Pot

Comments (196)

Vancouver's Marc Emery is the self-proclaimed worldwide leader of marijuana culture. Will Canada hand him over to the U.S. on drug trafficking charges, even though Canadian authorities practically ignored his activities and taxed his profits from selling marijuana seed.

http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/2008/01/012008_1.html

[Taverner]

1. Free the Vancouver Three!!!!

[Rex]

2. There is a prince of pot?

Groovy. :smoke:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Yes, let's waste more money

on persecuting a person whose only "crime" is that he's involved with a plant that the corporations wanted made illegal.

[HEyHEY]

4. I smoked a j with him a couple months ago

Now he's gone :-(

[burythehatchet]

5. I dream of tasting the BC some day

:smoke:

[MikeNearMcChord]

6. Yet Osama is still at large.

I think I may need some of those seeds. No make that the full grown product!:smoke:

[alfredo]

7. bush doesn't want any competition for Afghanistan's drug trade.

[devilgrrl]

8. I'd feel safer if he were off the street.

:sarcasm:
:eyes:

[Bozita]

9. coming up after the break on the CBC network

[Pastiche423]

10. Would you please let us

that don't get CBC know what happened?

[Bozita]

11. Visit the link in the OP. Watch the video. Read the scalding comments.

Looks like he'll take a plea in exchange for letting off two of his employees. He'll do five years.

Canadians are pissed, bigtime.