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B.C. Pot Promoter Busted 
Posted by CN Staff on July 10, 2003 at 12:54:40 PT
By CBC News Online Staff
Source: CBC
Winnipeg -- The president of the B.C. Marijuana Party, Marc Emery, has been arrested in Winnipeg after smoking pot outside the downtown police headquarters. He spent the night in jail, but Manitoba pot activist Chris Buors paid the $500 bail. Emery is expected to be released Thursday afternoon. Emery has also been ordered to be a good citizen as one of the bail conditions. Buors says that may see other smoke-outs cancelled in Manitoba. Emery had said he wanted to be arrested, so he could make his case for the legalization of pot before a judge. 
He said that's the only way to get his message to the people of Manitoba. Emery's action came on the same day the federal government announced it will sell pot to sick patients who qualify under Ottawa's medical marijuana program. Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Published: July 10, 2003Copyright: 2003 CBCContact: letters cbc.ca Website: http://www.cbc.ca/Related Articles & Web Sites: B.C. Marijuana Partyhttp://www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca/Marc Emery At The Winnipeg Protesthttp://www.pot-tv.net/ram/pottvshowse2055.ramPot Prince Popped - Winnipeg Sun http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16810.shtmlMarc Emery Arrested in Winnipeg http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16808.shtml 
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Comment #25 posted by FoM on July 12, 2003 at 17:20:52 PT
Marc Arrested in Regina
I just read that Marc was arrested again. I'm sure we'll hear more details as they become available.
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Comment #24 posted by Truth on July 12, 2003 at 15:11:14 PT
Marc
Thank you Marc, it was good to see you again last May. Martha sends her love.Mark
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Comment #23 posted by afterburner on July 12, 2003 at 05:56:36 PT:
More Court Cases to Demonstrate Cannabis Legality
CN MB: 2 Dauphin Men Charged With Pot Possession http://www.mapinc.org/newscc/v03/n1045/a07.html?397 11 Jul 2003 
Winnipeg Free Press Hats off to the heroes, picking up the standard from Marc Emery."Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the trouble makers. The round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them, because they change things, they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
- Apple Computers, Think Different -ego transcendence follows ego destruction, we will struggle in the courts, in the Parliament, in the streets until justice is done.
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Comment #22 posted by FoM on July 11, 2003 at 19:22:41 PT
Marc Emery
I'll tell you a little story. We have a good friend that visits from time to time. He came out to see us yesterday. He doesn't have a computer and has never been online. I played the video of Marc getting arrested. I watched his reaction when he saw Marc take that big bong hit and his eyes bugged out and he started laughing almost in disblief of what he was seeing. It made his day I could tell. In the video all of a sudden lots of smoke appeared and Marc said something about Ghostbusters and we laughed. When they took him into jail the police officer carried the bong that was still full of smoke. I'm sorry that Marc went to jail but he represented his people as he called us very well.
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Comment #21 posted by SoberStoner on July 11, 2003 at 19:11:21 PT
Jose, you may get your wish
I just got off the phone with the BC Marijuana Party (ok so i just left a message, but still) and I let them know how much I personally appreciated all of his efforts with the situation in Manitoba, and I also mentioned how most of us here appreciated his efforts as well so maybe someone from the office will hear the message and check us out, if they dont already.I have also heard negative things about Mark through the years, but honestly, I dont see how anyone can think badly about his recent efforts to get positive publicity for our cause. The last thing we need is to start nipping at each others thraots because someone is getting more airtime than others for WHATEVER reason. I'm just glad that someone has the courage to finally stand up and lead people into the light, even if they are kicking and screaming while being dragged there.SS
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Comment #20 posted by Jose Melendez on July 11, 2003 at 16:15:21 PT
thanks, man.
By the way, Mark Emery, if you are reading this, pot-tv is great and I hope you have someone send CNNNBCABCCBSHBOPBS at least vhs glimpses of your saga... 
Arrest Prohibition: Drug War Fuels Crime
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Comment #19 posted by Jose Melendez on July 11, 2003 at 16:11:58 PT
thanks, man.
Thanks Mark Emery. Locally near me in Deltona FL, a 28 year old was busted growing 140 plants. The bond was listed as a bit over $5,000... Perhaps we could flood them with a token amount (1 hemp seed?) and we could turn ourselves in en masse, or better, in a really long line... The word is getting out; non activist friends keep coming to me and saying hey, did you know Canada is selling 10 pecent THC marijuana as medicine? Come to think of it, thanks ONDCP/PDFA/D.A.R.E./DEA/CIA et al.It makes it easier to prove drug warriors are lying, since they keep doing it.
Arrest Prohibition: Drug War Fuels Crime
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Comment #18 posted by BigDawg on July 11, 2003 at 05:16:45 PT
Personally
there are alot of things about Marc Emery's business and personality that I don't care for.However... I cannot deny in ANY way that he is, and has been, VERY, VERY helpful to our cause as a true front line soldier.My hat is off to you Marc.Thanks... ALOT!
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Comment #17 posted by FoM on July 10, 2003 at 22:58:07 PT
Picture of Marc Emery from The Winnipeg Sun Paper
http://www.winnipegsun.com/htdocs/images/calsun/upload/10win.jpg
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Comment #16 posted by lag on July 10, 2003 at 22:08:29 PT
Thanks Afterburner
You said exactly what I was thinking, but I didn't have any personal knowledge of Marc to back me up, just what I have heard.Let's fight the good fight, and if we earn money along the way, let it help us continue that fight. 
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Comment #15 posted by freedom fighter on July 10, 2003 at 22:07:37 PT
Hang on Anna..
As a "former" POWonsomestupiddrugs, hang on my friend..The true profitter from this war is those who thrive on miseries and oppression.. They are so blind by the pure addiction of greed.It's not me, or you or Anna or Marc... Really, it would be reasonable to say that only sane reason why we should be here discussing issues peacefully..Like, how do we cook our Mary Jane Pizza with cannabis?Which strain is best for those nasty congestion some folks get in the morning?There are just so many countless things that human beings could be discussing rationally about a simple plant.Without putting Anna or me or Marc in Jail..So hang on!pazff
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Comment #14 posted by FoM on July 10, 2003 at 21:42:52 PT
CMAP: Marc Emery
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 
    
 From CC Forums,I am released from Winnipeg JailMarc Scott Emery Prince of PotThu Jul 10 2003 03:35 PMAt 3.00 p.m., just under 24 hours after being arrested for half a gram of marijuana possession, I was released from the Orwellian named 'Public Safety Building' and then the Remand Centre in Winnipeg.I appeared before a magistrate this morning who allowed my release on $500 bail and the condition that I not break any laws, not cause a public disturbance, remain of good character.I explained that " I would be duty bound to lead my people in demonstrations" and the judge asked, "who are your people?" and I said "The oppressed marijuana people." He said , "If you break the law you will be brought back here."They clearly did not want me going to Dauphin, Manitoba, where I spoke by phone an hour after my release to a rally of over 200 people assembled to meet me at the Dauphin police HQ. Since my plane flight was scheduled this morning, and a drive takes 4 hours, I was unable to make my Dauphin apopointment. I was hooked up by telephone to PA system and thanked them for their support and told them about prison life for half a gram. I told them "never believe it when politicians tell you no one goes to jail for small amounts of marijuana." I was searched 5 times, strip searched ("spread your cheeks & cough!"), there was no veggie food so I ate nothing in the 23 hours there, water tastes weird, everything is concrete & steel, so there isn't a comfortable position possible. Of course, this is my 11th arrest for pot, 9th jailing, so its all pretty familiar. Short timers get top bunk where the light is always on all night so I couldn't sleep, of course, plus its as uncomfortable as all get out. This morning they delivered newspapers where I am the entire front page of the Winnipeg Sun and much of the front page of the Winnipeg Free Press. Great articles, facts are right, photos huge and the Canucks bong shows up great. The police, alas, have the Canucks bong as evidence. I autographed 9 copies for fellow inmates, most of whom in my "pod" are there for drugs, including pot possession for sale, cultivation, but cocaine & heroin sellers too. Many native people are there. All of the inmates treated me very well, and the guards are all polite (one asked me about my sketch with the Trailer Park Boys) but they cut you no slack because you are well known. I have no complaints about the police behaviour.Prisons are awful, of course. The system (gov't) demonizes us, then the prison system dehumanizes us, and then we have a criminal record (no U.S. travel, not bondable, etc.). I further have these onerous conditions of bail also so any future civil disobediance can get me in the jail until my charge is dealt with. Control, control, control. Thats what the cannabis laws are all about.The tour however, continues. I am in Regina Saturday, and I will speak to whomever appears. I am not sure what my strategy will be, but I want to talk to the people who come to see me, tell them to run for the Marijuana Party in the federal election, tell them that people do go to jail for a fraction of a joint (even when 'marijuana is legal!') and continue the fight.I don't mind jail for a day, two days or seven days, but the court basically threatened to put in back in for 10 weeks until my set-trial date of September 27.Right now, I am going to wash and shave, go to the Winnipeg Folk Festival, and then see more Winnipeg supporters.I will go back to Dauphin to support my friends at Sweet Hemptations sometime soon, and meet the fabulous people there.More later after I clean up.By the way, I did many interviews prior to my arrest about the government selling seeds, weed ($145 an ounce), and cultivating pot now. The government has been ordered by the courts to remedy the med marijuana paradox (legal to have, not legal to obtain) and the Health Dept. responded with this graceless response (which only affects 550 people, after med marijuana exemptions have been available for 4 years, they are still so difficult to obtain).Well, Canadian marijuana politics is a wild time, and I am glad my destiny in life is to guide it to sanity and humanity.But I'm tired now, and I need a bit of rest and shower. Thanks for your support. In truth, I am a little afraid for my future, but I guess that is normal. I will end up needing more bail money, lawyers money, patience, forebearance. It's lonely in jail and I may well end up in many more for longer times, but what is life if not struggle for the greater glory of individual choice, freedom, autonomy, dignity: to be human & free.If not me, then who?
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Comment #13 posted by Virgil on July 10, 2003 at 20:12:11 PT
Ram that sinking ship
I cannot help but be thankful for pot-tv. The Emery story out of Winnepeg is the breaking news. He is the best media blockade runner we have. I only wish our elderly wealthy anti-prohibitionists would see that it can be done and now is the time to catch up to the Canadians. It is a story that will catch on fire.Before gunpowder ships could best sink each other by ramming them. We have a media blockade before us. The people that can need to run this blockade of stupidity and I should think that most of us should admit our fate and row. Get on the Net and sink a prohitionist with some reason and disgust of cannabis prohition.CANNABIS PROHIBITION is a sinking ship manned by rats doomed to drown in a sea of failure.
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Comment #12 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on July 10, 2003 at 19:54:50 PT
More Pot-TV coverage
http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2058.htmlThey've threatened Marc that if he gets arrested elsewhere (in just Manitoba?) that he'll be pulled back to Winnipeg and thrown in the pokey until his 9/25 court date. They'll hold him ten weeks before he gets to argue that the law is invalid. All for under a gram. 
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Comment #11 posted by FoM on July 10, 2003 at 19:11:31 PT
Marc Emery
I've been trying to figure out how to say something without making anything worse. I don't know Marc Emery but I do benefit from watching Pot-TV. He doesn't charge us for that service. I can only imagine what it costs to keep Pot-TV going. Marc Emery is a business man and is good at what he does. That isn't a fault in character but a quality. I've seen people tear him apart on boards over the years and always felt it was wrong. I respect his work and activism and I wish him well. He has an intelligent, non condecending way of speaking with a good bit of wit and humor. I respect him for what I see he has accomplished. 
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Comment #10 posted by afterburner on July 10, 2003 at 18:54:50 PT:
Marc Emery, Friend to Medical Cannabis Patients.
Acknowledgement of the court-ruled de facto legalization in Canada can only help medical and spiritual cannabis partakers in the USA. It puts more pressure on the US federal government to back off their discredited claim that "marijuana is not medicine." The US and Canadian public are already behind medical cannabis, and large numbers want to remove criminal sanctions from all cannabis possession. Those who have already been caught in the DEA's mean-spirited net against California cannabis gardeners and compassion clubs should take comfort to see support growing and laws changing. Personally my cannabis activism was reawakened by two events: the Canadian Senate Report recommending regulated legalization of cannabis, and the heavy-handed DEA raid on WAMM. The best protection for cannabis providers, medical or spiritual, is regulated legalization. Those of us who are fighting for acknowledgement of this approach in Canada will put more public presusure on the legislators of the USA to consider similar remedies. Already medical cannabis is an issue among the candidates for the upcoming 2004 presidential election, and several federal bills are pending. As always our hearts go out to those who have been betrayed and villified by the current laws, especially the US Controlled Substances Act, and by the federal vendetta by Bush, Ashcroft, Walters, and the DEA. Hold on brothers and sisters, help is on the way. This time we will not stop until justice is done from sea to shining sea. As far as Marc Emery goes, I have shaken his hand, I have listened to his words, which seem sincere to me. If you have a problem with the fact that Marc Emery sells seeds to make money: he is a businessman with a heart. He has funded many people and projects. Money talks in America. Advocacy groups are hurting for donations and the DEA muscled a fund-raising concert for NORML out of Montana. We do what must be done.ego transcendence follows ego destruction, time to control our own bodies, our own medicine!
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Comment #9 posted by JHarshaw on July 10, 2003 at 18:46:58 PT
Marc Emery
Hi...Just a word to the bitter...If you want to vent then please make sure you vent at the right person.Marc Emery has given away more money than I will ever see in my entire life! He supports legal defense funds...supports Pot-TV...and does more to keep these issues in the public eye and to keep people thinking and talking about Cannabis, whether medical or recreational than anyone I know.As for getting rich off seed sales he may indeed be a rich man someday, but now he just gives most of it away. The police can't take what he doesn't keep.I am sorry for the hardships suffered in this nonsensicle war on drugs but if it wasn't for Marc and others like him there wouldn't even be a medical or legalisation issue for people to get mad about!peace and pot
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Comment #8 posted by lag on July 10, 2003 at 18:12:23 PT
It doesn't make sense
Are you saying that Marc is a tasteless pothead for putting on his Cannabis tour? I don't know Marc, but everything I have heard is that he is a freedom fighter. We all fight the drug war in our own way...I smoke it whenever I get the chance (within reason of course). That's what I have to offer. That, and I rant a lot, but living in the Bay Area it's like preaching to the choir.I can't get over the bitterness in that post...is he really just doing it for profits? I mean, I mainly want it legalized for my personal self, but that doesn't mean that I am thoughtless of all those others who like it or that need it to live a comfortable life.What makes him a pothead? I mean, besides the smoking that he does all the time? Is it his resolve to get arrested for it? Is it the fact that he profits off the legalization of it? I just can't figure this out.
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Comment #7 posted by lag on July 10, 2003 at 17:55:04 PT
wait
Wait...Marc is only doing this to increase his profits? He has no personal connection to the cause other than the seeds he breeds?I always thought he was concidered a freedom fighter. I imagine that his seed co. brings in enough money to live comfortably, so you are saying his main reason for the tour is to eventually make it possible to openly sell seeds and such to crack his market share wide open?
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Comment #6 posted by Anna Barrett on July 10, 2003 at 17:32:58 PT:
Whatever Dude
It is more than disgusting to want to get arrested for Marijuana there are so many people facing severe time and punishment including myself and husband that people who have enough time to create drama make me sick. Sick people have been and are in trouble it is my opinion that if one would like to bring the issue to the table then start supporting those who are already on the front lines there are several international treaties to answer for and this subject is serious. Seems as though profiteers are always ready for a publicty campaign while disregarding those truely in need of proper legal assistance.Stop making those under herbal treatments look like tasteless POTHEADS
end the cannabis holocost
trichome
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on July 10, 2003 at 14:31:08 PT
About Marc Emery
I've been following what Marc Emery has been doing closely. I've watched the videos and read the articles. When he spoke in Toronto I was amazed. He thought of things to say that never entered my mind but after he said them I thought he is so right. We are lucky to have him and it would be great if he could be cloned. Can you see clones of Marc Emery at every police department in Canada at 4-20 and do and say what he says? Cannabis would be legal practically instantly!
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Comment #4 posted by medicinal toker on July 10, 2003 at 14:24:19 PT
A GREAT Citizen!
If every citizen cared as much about freedom as Marc Emerey does, the drug war would be long gone.A true hero!Thank you Marc, for all you do!
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Comment #3 posted by aolbites on July 10, 2003 at 13:34:34 PT
good citizen!
"Emery has also been ordered to be a good citizen as one of the bail conditions."isn't that the whole idea of what he was doing in the first place? Being a good citizen and forcing the cops to respect the courts decisions?
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Comment #2 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on July 10, 2003 at 13:14:49 PT
More footage
Running about ninety seconds, Pot-TV has two clips from Canadian broadcasters about Marc Emery. Part of the reason I love Pot-TV's concept is the speed with which those of us in far off lands (OK, I could drive to Winnipeg in a day, but it seems a lot further across that border!) can access this kind of information. But I also love the way you can look at multiple media representations simultaneously. Notice, in this clip, the way the two stations represent the current status of Canadian law differently.
News coverage of Marc Emery's arrest in Winnipeg 7/9 4:20
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Comment #1 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on July 10, 2003 at 12:56:26 PT
Marc "expected" to be released
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_potactivist20030710
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