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  Pot Crusader Arrested in St. John's

Posted by CN Staff on July 28, 2003 at 09:11:05 PT
By CBC News Online Staff 
Source: CBC 

St. John's — A Vancouver pot activist got what he wanted in St. John's over the weekend - he got arrested by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. Marc Emery was arrested for smoking marijuana on the doorstep of the RNC headquarters Saturday afternoon. He's been lighting up at police stations across the country so he'll be arrested and can challenge the law in provincial court. He's now been arrested in four provinces.
More than 100 people joined Emery for the St. John's protest, cheering the crusader as he spoke about the right to smoke pot."Marijuana is more legal than almost everything else. It's legal and unregulated," Emery told the crowd.He put his arm around one of the police officers monitoring the protest as the group say the national anthem.At 4:20 p.m., Emery lifted up a bright blue bong and lit up the green drug. Police quickly arrested him, and took him into the building.That gave a group of young men a chance to share a joint while the police officers were dealing with Emery.Emery was let go. Charge to be laid RNC Staff-Sgt. June Layden says a charge of illegal possession will likely be laid against Emery this week, once an analysis is done on the substance he was smoking."There's no charge at this point," she says."What we believe was cannabis was seized from him, and if the final analysis is that it is an illegal substance, he will be charged."Canadians and Cannabis: http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/marijuana/index.htmlSource: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Published: July 28, 2003Copyright: 2003 CBCContact: letters cbc.ca Website: http://www.cbc.ca/Related Articles & Web Sites:Pot-TVhttp://www.pot-tv.net/Cannabis Culture Magazinehttp://www.cannabisculture.com/Pot Supporter Busted Againhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16962.shtml Newfoundland Has Biggest Rally, Shortest Bust http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16961.shtmlMarc Emery Jailed in Moncton http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16920.shtml

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