Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
This Saturday, May 22 Portland will be one of 50 cities to protest the extradition of Marc Emery, the so-called “Prince of Pot.” Emery is a 51-year-old Canadian marijuana seed businessman who was extradited from Canada to the United States this week after being arrested for conspiracy to manufacture marijuana in 2005.
The Portland protest scheduled for 3 pm Saturday at Chapman Square (on SW 3rd between Main and Market) is being organized by Taylor Coghill, a cannabis activist since 2005. Coghill says the Drug Enforcement Administration was using Emery to make “a political statement” and hopes the protest will educate people on cannabis issues.
The DEA has gone after Emery because he has sold his seeds to grow operations in the United States. But Coghill says Emery, the editor and publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine magazine, is a cannabis activist who provided marijuana seeds for medical patients and caretakers. Emery’s supporters say his proceeds went to cannabis activist groups and programs, and that he paid the Canadian government more than $500,000 in taxes on his seed sales.
As reported by The Associated Press, Emery is expected to plead guilty on Monday in Seattle to one count of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana in exchange for a 5 year prison sentence.
According to the DEA, Emery’s empire, which included: his seed business, Marc Emery Direct Marijuana Seeds; Cannabis Culture Magazine; and Pot-Tv, generated almost 5 million dollars. Emery has said that all of his profit go directly towards his business and legalization efforts, in his attempt to be marijuana’s Johnny Appleseed.
NewsHawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: wweek.com
Author: Peter Griffin
Copyright: 2010 Willamette Week Newspaper & WWEEK.COM
The Portland protest scheduled for 3 pm Saturday at Chapman Square (on SW 3rd between Main and Market) is being organized by Taylor Coghill, a cannabis activist since 2005. Coghill says the Drug Enforcement Administration was using Emery to make “a political statement” and hopes the protest will educate people on cannabis issues.
The DEA has gone after Emery because he has sold his seeds to grow operations in the United States. But Coghill says Emery, the editor and publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine magazine, is a cannabis activist who provided marijuana seeds for medical patients and caretakers. Emery’s supporters say his proceeds went to cannabis activist groups and programs, and that he paid the Canadian government more than $500,000 in taxes on his seed sales.
As reported by The Associated Press, Emery is expected to plead guilty on Monday in Seattle to one count of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana in exchange for a 5 year prison sentence.
According to the DEA, Emery’s empire, which included: his seed business, Marc Emery Direct Marijuana Seeds; Cannabis Culture Magazine; and Pot-Tv, generated almost 5 million dollars. Emery has said that all of his profit go directly towards his business and legalization efforts, in his attempt to be marijuana’s Johnny Appleseed.
NewsHawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: wweek.com
Author: Peter Griffin
Copyright: 2010 Willamette Week Newspaper & WWEEK.COM
