At 6/25/09 09:25 AM, ToastedCupcake wrote:
I don't know who this Marc Emery guy is, but he sounds cool. And he shouldn't go to jail.
Marc Emery is the front man when it comes to legalizing Marijuana in Canada (It was so close to being legalized early in this millennium, but the bill never got passed in time for the next election). He's an amazing public speaker who's won numerous political debates. And he is an entrepreneur, giving almost all of his income to Charity or promoting the cause of legalizing Marijuana. He had a CNN special where they went into the city of Vancouver and interviewed him and explored the marijuana scene of the city. There are thousands of grow operations in the province of British Columbia, and they aim to shut down only a few each month because drug related laws are quite ignored.
Anyways, he sold seeds online and was named one of the biggest drag traffickers by the DEA, and was arrested a few years ago (American forces arrested him in Canada, which made some people really angry.) He could face up to a life sentence in Prison, but will probably get a small sentence (5-10 years). He's the prince of pot, and the reason why Marijuana was almost fully legalized in Canada. And now pr0ded wants him to go to jail.
I don't know of any other politicians that charismatic that will promote the cause, even though the majority of the population would like to see marijuana legalized.