cannabisnews.com: Pot Activist Arrested in Moncton Pot Activist Arrested in Moncton Posted by CN Staff on July 21, 2003 at 19:09:13 PT By The Canadian Press Source: Globe and Mail Moncton — An activist campaigning for the legalization of marijuana was arrested Monday after lighting up in front of an RCMP detachment in Moncton. After spending about 20 minutes preaching to the mainly converted, Marc Emery of Vancouver fired up a large bong and within seconds was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. "Marijuana is a wonderful substitute for all things," Mr. Emery told about 30 onlookers shortly before the arrest. "I've been smoking for 23 years. People should be growing it in their backyards."Mr. Emery said marijuana provides a certain enlightenment alcohol and other drugs don't."Passing a joint is a signal of universal peace. Is there anything wrong with feeling good? Something that's good for you, you should be doing all the time."RCMP Corporal Terry-Lee Kennedy said police will interview Mr. Emery and another man taken into custody before deciding whether to forward the file to the Crown to lay charges.Mr. Emery was in Moncton as part of his so-called Summer of Legalization Tour. He publishes Cannabis Culture magazine, runs a store that sells marijuana seeds, and heads the B.C. Marijuana Party.While he wasn't arrested during a similar protest in Halifax on the weekend, Mr. Emery was charged with possession during the first two stops on his tour, in Winnipeg and Regina.The federal government hopes to have its new marijuana legislation passed by the end of the year. Under the proposed laws, possession of up to 15 grams of pot — enough to roll about 15 to 20 joints — would be a minor offence without a criminal record.Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)Published: Monday, July 21, 2003 Copyright: 2003 The Globe and Mail CompanyContact: letters globeandmail.caWebsite: http://www.globeandmail.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:Pot-TVhttp://www.pot-tv.net/Cannabis Culture Magazinehttp://www.cannabisculture.com/BC Marijuana Partyhttp://www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca/The Halifax Police Station Goes To Pot http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16906.shtmlLegalization Tour Hits Nova Scotia http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16904.shtmlA Smoke of a Different Kind - St. John's Telegramhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16897.shtmlSummer Freedom Tour Comes To The Maritimes http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16893.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #8 posted by kaptinemo on July 22, 2003 at 04:49:18 PT: Only in Canada... Can a social activist like Mr. Emery be arrested so civilly; here in the States some adrenaline tripping yahoo porker would have split his skull open with one of their aluminum flashlights, and the judge at the arraignment would smile and say the cop hadn't made enough of an impression and suggested a few more blows would have been in order...But the Canadian police are going to learn just how expensive a lawsuit for illegal confiscation of a no-longer-controlled substance can be. I'd love to be in the courtroom when that happens... [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by E_Johnson on July 21, 2003 at 20:44:07 PT There's a Ginsberg poem Patti Smith did a marvelous spoken word version of a work of Allen Ginsberg that has a line"Holy the vast lamb of the middle class! Holy the crazy shepherds of rebellion!"That's kind of what marc Emery reminds me of, one of the crazy shepherds of rebellion.http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/lyrics/spell.htm "footnote to howl" by allen ginsberg Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The tongue and cock and hand and asshole holy!Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel!The bum's as holy as the seraphim! the madman is holy as you my soul are holy!The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is holy the hearers are holy the ecstasy is holy!Holy Peter holy Allen holy Solomon holy Lucien holy Kerouac holy Huncke holy Burroughs holy Cassady holy the unknown buggered and suffering beggars holy the hideous human angels!Holy my mother in the insane asylum! Holy the cocks of the grandfathers of Kansas! Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop apocalypse! Holy the jazzbands marijuana hipsters peace & junk & drums!Holy the solitudes of skyscrapers and pavements! Holy the cafeterias filled with the millions! Holy the mysterious rivers of tears under the streets!Holy the lone juggernaut! Holy the vast lamb of the middle class! Holy the crazy shepherds of rebellion Who digs Los Angeles IS Los Angeles! Holy New York Holy San Francisco Holy Peoria & Seattle Holy Paris Holy Tangiers Holy Moscow Holy Istanbul!Holy time in eternity holy eternity in time holy the clocks in space holy the fourth dimension holy the fifth International holy the Angel in Moloch! Holy the sea holy the desert holy the railroad holy the locomotive holy the visions holy the hallucinations holy the miracles holy the eyeball holy the abyss!Holy forgiveness! mercy! charity! faith! Holy! Ours! bodies! suffering! magnanimity!Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul!(Berkeley, 1955) [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by FoM on July 21, 2003 at 20:23:08 PT afterburner Here it is! We must think along the same lines!Marc Emery Jailed in Moncton : http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread16920.shtml [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by afterburner on July 21, 2003 at 20:18:40 PT: Marc Emery jailed in Moncton Marc Emery jailed in Moncton "On July 21, Cannabis Culture publisher Marc Emery was arrested for the third time during his Summer of Legalization cross-country tour. Emery was detained by police shortly after lighting up a bong in front of the Moncton police headquarters at 4:20pm." F U L L S T O R Y http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/3036.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by FoM on July 21, 2003 at 19:59:51 PT One More Comment There is one more thing that has happened at the smoke ins that is very important I think. Marc Emery is being seen by the police and also they hear what he is saying. The few tapes I've seen of the events when he is arrested he is cooperative and that must be something the police don't see that often. That in itself says a lot. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by FoM on July 21, 2003 at 19:43:31 PT I Agree freedom fighter I know some people think Marc is too big for his britches but seriously though the man is doing a great job! He inspires people to stand up and be counted. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by goneposthole on July 21, 2003 at 19:41:57 PT Marc Emery the cannabist If he were a microbiologist, he would be in even bigger trouble.So far, he is only getting arrested. If I were him, I would not visit the US.February 9, 2002 (B): Dead microbiologist: Victor Korshunov, 56, is bashed over the head and killed at the entrance of his home in Moscow, Russia. He was the head of the microbiology sub-faculty at the Russian State Medical University and an expert in intestinal bacteria. [Pravda, 2/9/02, Globe and Mail, 5/4/02]February 10, 2002: Katherine Smith is killed a day before appearing in court on charges she helped five Muslim terrorists get illegal drivers licenses. Her car supposedly hit a tree and then caught on fire. The FBI later determined that gasoline was poured on her clothing before she died in an arson fire. A suicide note was found, but prosecutors say they are looking for murder suspects. One of the five Muslims, Sakhera Hammad, was found with a visitor's pass for the WTC, dated September 5, 2001, in his wallet. Hammad claims he was a plumber and worked on the WTC's sprinkler system. Smith was being investigated by the FBI; the five later plead guilty of fraud. [AP, 2/13/02, Reuters, 2/15/02, Go Memphis, 2/12/02, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2/21/02]February 11, 2002: Dead microbiologist: Dr. Ian Langford, 40, is found dead, partially naked and wedged under a chair in his home in Norwich, England. When found, his house was described as "blood-spattered and apparently ransacked." He was an expert in environmental risks and disease and a senior Fellow at the University of East Anglia's Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment. One of his colleagues states: "Ian was without doubt one of Europe's leading experts on environmental risk, specializing in links between human health and environmental risk... He was one of the most brilliant colleagues I have ever had." [London Times, 2/13/02, Globe and Mail, 5/4/02]February 28, 2002 (B): Two dead microbiologists in San Francisco: While taking delivery of a pizza, Tanya Holzmayer, 46, is shot and killed by a colleague, Guyang Huang, 38, who then apparently shot himself. Holzmayer moved to the US from Russia in 1989. Her research focused on the part of the human molecular structure that could be affected best by medicine. Holzmayer was focusing on helping create new drugs that interfere with replication of the virus that causes AIDS. One year earlier, Holzmayer obeyed senior management orders to fire Huang. [San Jose Mercury News, 2/28/02, Globe and Mail, 5/4/02] http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline/main/AAanthrax.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by freedom fighter on July 21, 2003 at 19:29:28 PT Shining light from a candle of freedom...You go Marc!pazff [ Post Comment ] Post Comment