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Cannabis Crusader Arrested in Regina
Posted by CN Staff on July 14, 2003 at 08:35:17 PT
By Pamela Cowan, Leader-Post 
Source: Leader-Post 
As five police officers watched from the steps of Regina's police station, an officer circulating in the crowd moved to handcuff marijuana activist Marc Emery moments after he lit a marijuana pipe Saturday afternoon. The cannabis crusader was in Regina on his Summer of Legalization Tour 2003 to protest Canada's pot laws. Emery maintains marijuana is legal in Canada after the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered Parliament to amend the existing legislation in July 2000. 
"It applies to all of Canada, but the only courts that have acknowledged it at the appeal level are Ontario, so that's why it's binding in Ontario but only advisory to other provinces at this time," he said.Police organizations in Ontario have said they will not lay charges for possession of marijuana under 30 grams until the country's pot laws are clarified.However, that's not the case in Regina.Emery was charged with possession of narcotics and released Saturday night. He will appear in court Aug. 20. Two other people were also brought in; one was given an appearance notice for possession and the other was released with no charges. "The fact is that it's illegal in Canada and until that changes we'll enforce the laws -- it's not our place to make the laws," said Sgt. Albert Philip. "Everyone has the right to protest until you break the law and then we take action when you break the law."Emery told a crowd of about 100 that he wants the right to smoke and possess marijuana anywhere in Canada."My rights as a Canadian exist in every province and in every city, every town and hamlet and I want you to know you have these rights too." On June 10, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that it would not overturn a precedent-setting Ontario Superior Court decision that cleared a teen of marijuana possession charges. The Superior Court judge ruled there is no current ban on pot possession in Ontario since the federal government failed to comply with the July 2000 court order.Marijuana growers, sellers and smokers have been persecuted for 35 years, Emery shouted."The government owes us an apology for the million Canadians that have been convicted of marijuana offences," he said. Emery runs the B.C. Marijuana Party, Cannabis Culture magazine, a store that sells marijuana seeds and once ran for mayor of Vancouver.He has been arrested 11 times and jailed nine times, including his arrest in Winnipeg on July 9 after he lit up a large marijuana pipe in front of police headquarters."I'm proud to be arrested on behalf of myself and all my fellow cannabis Canadians," he told a cheering crowd. "You know there's three million Canadians that smoke pot, and we're going to do it proudly and we'll do so without fear."However, during an interview Saturday morning, Emery confessed to being nervous about going to jail."I guess if it didn't bother me it wouldn't be a meaningful sacrifice," he said. "Jail is never a pleasant place. There's not a soft spot in there. It's all cold concrete and steel, and the lights are always on, and I'm vegetarian so there's no food in there that I can eat." Attending the rally was Grant Krieger, who has multiple sclerosis and uses cannabis butter as a muscle relaxant. He and his wife, Marie, run the Krieger Foundation in Calgary, which provides marijuana and other alternative treatment methods for purchase by people with proven medical conditions."The laws stop citizens of this society from being able to heal themselves," he said.He smoked a joint with Emery at the Winnipeg police station, he said. "The laws of this nation must change over the use of cannabis," he said.The Liberal government hopes to have its new marijuana legislation passed by the end of the year. Under the proposed new laws, possession of up to 15 grams of pot -- enough to roll 15 to 20 joints -- would be a minor offence that carries no criminal record.Newshawk: afterburnerSource: Regina Leader-Post (CN SN)Author: Pamela Cowan, Leader-Post Published: Monday, July 14, 2003Copyright: 2003 The Leader-Post Contact: letters leaderpost.comWebsite: http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/Related Articles & Web Sites: BC Marijuana Partyhttp://www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca/Cannabis Culture Magazinehttp://www.cannabisculture.com/Marc Emery Imprisoned in Regina http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16849.shtmlMarijuana Activist Banned From Lighting Uphttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16828.shtmlB.C. Pot Promoter Busted http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16824.shtmlPot Prince Popped - Winnipeg Sun http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16810.shtml 
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on July 14, 2003 at 21:16:26 PT
afterburner
That is wonderful! Wow! He is on a mission! 
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Comment #7 posted by afterburner on July 14, 2003 at 21:08:17 PT:
Free Seeds For Section 56 Exemptees from Marc!
Free Seeds For Section 56 Excemptees http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2063.html
Miscellaneous with Pot-TV http://www.pot-tv.net/ram/pottvshowse2063.ram 
Running Time: 3 min 
Date Entered: 14 Jul 2003 
Viewer Rating: 8.30 (5 votes) 
 
Number of Views: 165 
 
"Since the seeds and marijuana grown in the Flin Flon Mines came from raids on Emery Seeds anyways, Marc has decided to let Excemption 56 Excemptees skip the Health Canada paperwork and is offering them free seeds upon proof of their excemptions. Send a photo-copy of your excemption with your return address to Free Med-Seed Offer c/o Emery Seeds, 209, 22 East Cordova, Vancouver, BC, V6A 4G8 ." ego transcendence follows ego destruction, let free enterprise and compassion clubs clean up Health Canada's mess.
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Comment #6 posted by SoberStoner on July 14, 2003 at 20:19:18 PT
Wow..100 people
So far every stop on the tour has brought out more and more people..First it was 30, then around 50-60, now 100 in Regina.The word is getting out and people are getting more and more courageous because of Marc's sacrafices and devotion.I hope that these numbers keep going up and up until the last stops just become one big cloud of freedom. And if 600,000 people show up for the Stones concert, which is very likely, you know damn well there will be a big cloud of freedom there too.GO CANADA!!!SS
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Comment #5 posted by Virgil on July 14, 2003 at 20:06:04 PT
Marc Emory's arrest in Regina is up at pot-tv
There is a 6 minute piece on Emery's arrest here- http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2061.htmlOn the July 9th article from Canada titled "Federal government to sell marijuana" which was the chickenshit the government came up with to stave off the end of cannabis prohibition in Canada is in the feedback section of the Toronto Sun online- http://www.canada.com/national/features/soundoff/story.html?id=7257FD38-2E2D-4EEC-BA13-368692D9B932There was one comment I will copy in its entirety to show how stupid the government has been for 3 years now- http://www.canada.com/soundoff/read.asp?id=7257FD38-2E2D-4EEC-BA13-368692D9B932&soundoff=113976&dest=http://www.canada.com/national/features/soundoff/story.html?id=7257FD38-2E2D-4EEC-BA13-368692D9B932JCS: Me. My problem started at 16. I had never touched the stuff. I was having bad seizures about 1/week on prescription meds. Which, by the way, are toxic. I started smoking pot about a year later, just teen stuff. But what I noticed was as long as I had smoked within a day or 2, I had NO seizures. I haven't had one in now 17 years (I keep track :). I'm a hard working, dedicated professional in great health. According to what some people say about pot I should be dead/brain damaged by now. As for this joke, let me get this straight. The federal govt decides to give pot to those people who have recently won a lottery jackpot. Those are the odds of getting not one but *2* "Specialists" to put their medical licenses on the line for low grade pot grown by boneheads. This or any other decision changes nothing. Pot works for me and I'm not going through ONE more seizure. When someone beats you with a shovel once a week, I could care less what the health minister thinks. 
 
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on July 14, 2003 at 15:03:07 PT
All I Can Say
Is God Bless Marc Emery for what he is doing! 
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Comment #3 posted by FoM on July 14, 2003 at 14:28:24 PT
Thanks afterburner
I'm going to watch it now!
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Comment #2 posted by afterburner on July 14, 2003 at 13:44:03 PT:
The Videos Are Finally Ready.
Prince of Pot: Regina and Winnipeg Rallies and Arrests! http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2062.html
Back from the Prairie Leg of the Summer of Legalization Tour http://www.pot-tv.net/ram/pottvshowse2062.ram
Running Time: 30 min 
Date Entered: 14 Jul 2003 
Viewer Rating: 0.00 (0 votes) 
 
Number of Views: 4 "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke -ego transcendence follows ego destructruction, next stop, Halifax.
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Comment #1 posted by fearfull on July 14, 2003 at 11:53:40 PT
I agree with Emery
In that what I've read to date, it really looks like Canadan prohibition really dosen't have a leg to stand on. At this time I also believe that Canada now sits at a milestone moment in history. You can become the first nation in the new world to re-legalize cannabis. Not just decriminalize, but RE-Legalize! As things sit, today, one side or the other can push it in the direction they want.
IF others come forward and support Emery, and others who are willing to Make The SACRIFICES!
If the Canadan people stand up and say,
 I'm mad as hell, and I not gonna take it any more!I'm an American, and I have no hope for my country, As I see it it's up to you guys, our friends to the north to lead the way. 
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