Fanghorn,

Marc has NOT been extradited and sent to jail, as some websites have
mistakenly wrote. He IS \wanted/ and the US will do just about anything to
bring him here, but the Canadian government has set a new extradition
hearing for Feb 09. As of right now, Marc is running for Mayor of
Vancouver, BC... :)

You are correct in how and why the US wants him jailed, along with 2 of his
friends / co-workers (Michelle Rainey & Greg Williams) known as the BC3.
However, BC has an anti-extradition policy in regards to political reasons.
The US wants him jailed because he is a Marijuana activist, and as we all
know (thanks to GWB), it's against the law to be any kind of political
activist unless you are mirroring US policy. See, the DEA's reasons are all
political based. Here is the statement from the DEA's administrator, Karen
P. Tandy (below). It reads like a political manifesto.

Statement from DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy
Major North American Marijuana Trafficker Self-Proclaimed "Prince of Pot"
aka Marc Scott Emery Arrested Today

"Today's DEA arrest of Marc Scott Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture
Magazine, and the founder of a marijuana legalization group- is a
significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in the U.S. and
Canada, but also to the marijuana legalization movement.

His marijuana trade and propagandist marijuana magazine have generated
nearly $5 million a year in profits that bolstered his trafficking efforts,
but those have gone up in smoke today."

Emery and his organization had been designated as one of the Attorney
General's most wanted international drug trafficking organizational
targets - one of only 46 in the world and the only one from Canada."

"Hundreds of thousands of dollars of Emery's illicit profits are known to
have been channeled to marijuana legalization groups active in the United
States and Canada. Drug legalization lobbyists now have one less pot of
money to rely on.

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Catch up on what's going on by starting here:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/noextradition/

Cheers!
DudeMaster

The Canadian government has a policy; one shall not be extri
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