The Green Leaf Party strongly sympathizes with the fate of our good friend and ally, Marc Emery, who sponsored the Joint Arab/Israeli Conference for Marijuana Policy and Peace. We would like to express that support by asking our members to sign the petition to FREE MARC EMERY!

‘Prince of Pot’ given prison time

B.C. man says U.S. sentence is a political muzzle

By PAUL SHUKOVSKY
P-I REPORTER

A Vancouver marijuana activist, whose arrest and pending extradition for selling marijuana seeds over the Internet outraged many Canadians, says he’s cut a deal with federal prosecutors in Seattle and is going to prison.

U.S. authorities portray Marc Emery, dubbed the “Prince of Pot,” as a major drug trafficker who pocketed millions of dollars and fueled organized crime.

But Emery, 50, says the prosecution was politically driven and designed to muzzle his vocal opposition to laws criminalizing pot.

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