‘Prince of Pot’ surrendered for extradition (to U.S.)

[Newsjock]

Source: Canadian Press

A five-year battle by Canada's self-styled “Prince of Pot” to avoid extradition to the United States on drug charges appeared to be over Monday.

The federal justice minister has ordered Marc Emery surrendered to American authorities, the final step in the legal process.

Mr. Emery, who was charged in the U.S. in 2005 in connection with his Vancouver-based seed-selling business, had turned himself in to sheriffs earlier in the morning to await the federal justice minister's decision.

... Earlier in the day, Mr. Emery called himself a “great Canadian” and told reporters he's spent his life advocating for the legalization of marijuana. Then he walked into the B.C. Supreme Court building and presented himself to sheriffs.

... American prosecutors allege he has sold about four million marijuana seeds through his magazine and website, and that 75 per cent of those went to customers in the U.S.

Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/prince-of-pot-surrendered-for-extradition/article1563251/

[tomm2thumbs]

1. terrorists - they are catching them left and right now

Success after brilliant success. Sorta like when they got that Kevorkian fella - putting him in jail really protected this country!

:sarcasm:

[YOY]

2. Pffft...waste of tax dollars.

n.t.

[EXneoCON]

3. I think the Obama Administration and the DEA...

...should give Mr. Emery a DEA Purple Heart Award (the only award the DEA offers, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_government/ ) for helping to slash the revenues of AK-47-toting killers importing chemically-adulterated herbal products into the Good Ol' US of A.

Note lack of "sarcasm" smiley...

[krabigirl]

4. what a waste of time and money...disgusting. And paid for with our tax dollars.

[ima_sinnic]

5. meanwhile, Bush relaxes on our dime in comfy ex-president digs, cheney

makes the rounds of the talk shows offering his "wisdom," BP CEOs plot their next homicidal assault on the planet while stuffing rubber tires into the hole gushing oil into the oceans, Monsanto infests the world's food supplies, health "insurers" toast their new legislatively mandated, captive source of income, giant banks kick people out of their homes and let those homes rot, the SEC is found surfing porno sites for 8 hrs a day, oblivious of any Wall St transgressions, arizona institutes racism, the unprovoked, unjustified murder and mayhem continue in Iraq and Afghanistan, mines collapse, factories close -- but they got that guy who sold pot seeds!

this is what they consider the best use of our taxpayer dollars.


:grr: :argh: :nuke:

[DoBotherMe]

8. Fantastic rebuttal!

I'm with you! Dana ; )

[liberation]

6. Apparently, munchies are a far more serious side effect than nausea, constipation, gas, vomiting...

... diarrhoea, gingivitis, chest pain, back pain, dizziness, anxiety, depression, emotional disorder, polyuria (excessive urination), menstrual disorder, hypertension, psychotic breaks, and euphoria-induced addiction.

Those are the common side effects for Champix, which is a "legal" drug which only helps 1 in 5 users quit smoking tobacco, which is another "legal" substance. So in order to quick your smoking habit which gives you cancer, you get hooked on a drug which gives you constipation, weakens your heart, and makes you psychotic.

Yeah, this whole system and war on drugs makes absolute sense... Apparently it is OK to ruin people's lives, so long a legal corporation can profit handsomely from the process.

[pundaint]

7. Yeah, the crime may be insignificant, but he's sure easy to prosecute. The proven way to clean up

derelict neighborhoods is to stop accepting even minor transgressions like breaking windows or graffiti. This kind of resource chasing this meaningless crime, while manifest king-pin level offenders not only walk free, but make their cases on TV aggressively, is the graffiti we must eradicate on the way to real reform.

A Leader would get it, and make changes, the Administrator we have "manages it."

[Freedom420]

9. we must listen to our founding fathers!

Make the most of the Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere!
- George Washington in a note to his gardener at Mount Vernon (1794), The Writings of George Washington, Volume 33, page 270 (Library of Congress)

[depakid]

10. Gotta have that pound of flesh- Just GOTTA HAVE IT