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60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Selling Seeds?

By Jeralyn, Section Crime Policy
Posted on Sun Mar 05, 2006 at 12:36:49 PM EST
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If you're not watching the Oscars tonight, or if you have a tivo, check out 60 Minutes' airing of The Prince of Pot.

A Canadian who calls himself the "Prince of Pot" could wind up in a U.S. prison for life for selling marijuana seeds, but says he would be "blessed" because such a plight could help legalize the drug. ....The last place he wants to be is in jail, but Emery says if the Canadian courts allow the U.S. government to extradite him and a U.S. jury puts him away, he still sees a silver lining.

"I am blessed by what the DEA has done," he tells Simon. "I would rather see marijuana legalized than me being saved from a U.S. jail. I hope that if I am incarcerated, I can influence tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of young people to take up my cause."

An interview with Marc Emery is here. He wrote about his plight here. Background is here.

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    60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Selling Seeds? | 11 comments (11 topical)
    Re: 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Se (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Mar 05, 2006 at 02:35:02 PM EST
    The Canadians need to grow some spines and tell the U.S. to go pound sand on this extradition. The U.S. government needs to realize that we as a country have more pressing concerns than busting Marc Emery for selling pot seeds. No matter how many seeds he has sold, he can't possibly be as much of a problem as the tons of cocaine pouring across our borders.

    Re: 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Se (none / 0) (#2)
    by Pete Guither on Sun Mar 05, 2006 at 03:11:18 PM EST
    Actually, in some time zones, 60 minutes is before the Oscars. 60 Minutes: 7 pm Eastern; 6 pm Central, 7 pm Pacific Oscars: 8 pm Eastern; 7 pm Central, 5 pm Pacific

    Re: 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Se (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Mar 05, 2006 at 03:30:21 PM EST
    Yeah... your Gu'mint surely is pissed off at Canada where weed has essentially been decriminalised. Canada will never extradite the guy to the States, they are just going through the motions. In Vancouver, you can smell ganja on downtown streets every night. In fact you can walk right by a cop, with joint in hand, and all he'll say is, "Good Evening." That's why Canadians are a kinder, gentler, more peaceful people. The cops too. There's way less crime up there as well... and no death penalty. Why waste your time busting people for using a soft drug, that's considerably less harmful than alcohol, when you have a glut of serious criminals to catch who are so essential to feed your industrialised justice system? Gotta fill up all them fancy new prisons you're building, eh! Meanwhile your Gu'mint's misguided so-called War on Drugs is a dismal failure just like its War on Poverty is... like all wars are. Your DEA, besides spreading obvious misinformation about pot, seems to be oblivious to the most serious, incredible rise in methamphetamine addiction particularly in rural areas. Frankly, I feel your Gu'mint's totally unenlightened policy regarding marijuana is politically motivated. After all... have you ever met a pot smokin' wingnut?! Most folks, after tokin' a few joints, seem to see the light somehow and become a little more progressive in their outlook. I say we turn on (to revive an old 60's phrase) all the wingers... maybe that way we can convert to our way some of the Repugnantins! ;)

    Re: 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Se (none / 0) (#4)
    by scarshapedstar on Sun Mar 05, 2006 at 09:08:37 PM EST
    Mysticman, what you commie 'nucks don't understand is down here we got whatcha call "tradishun". Way back 'round nineteen-hunnert, a bunch of racists got together in Congress and banned a harmless plant. It's now our duty to unquestioningly follow their example forever. Yessir, tradishun.

    Re: 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Se (none / 0) (#5)
    by Lww on Sun Mar 05, 2006 at 10:18:24 PM EST
    Bush,Clinton,Gore,Kerry and half of Congress have admitted or given a wink and a nod to allegations that they smoked pot. Well, Bill doesn't count. That's what's so insane about this policy. Check the link,it's cool.

    Re: 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Se (none / 0) (#6)
    by Johnny on Sun Mar 05, 2006 at 10:44:01 PM EST
    Excellent read LWW.

    Re: 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Se (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Mar 06, 2006 at 04:07:08 AM EST
    Commie Canucks...?! I don't think so. Ever been there...? Compare the true freedom in kinder, gentler Canada to the quickly eroding freedoms in the (once) Great US of A. And yeah, I know all about the history of marijuana having read The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer some time ago. My point is that the reason why harmless pot smokers continue to be vivtimized down there may be political as I suggested above.

    Re: 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Se (none / 0) (#8)
    by SeeEmDee on Mon Mar 06, 2006 at 05:05:02 AM EST
    Political? oh, yes, indeed, it's political, and the head of the DEA confirmed it in her July 29th, 2005 press release: "Today's arrest of Mark (sic) Scott Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine and the founder of a marijuana legalization group, is a significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in the U.S. and Canada, but also to the marijuana legalization movement. "Hundreds of thousands of dollars of Emery's illicit profits are known to have been channeled to marijuana legalization groups active in the United States and Canada. Drug legalization lobbyists now have one less pot of money to rely on." Political? How can it not be? IMHO, the NeoCons hate cannabis as the symbol of the time when their terminal dweebishness put them on the social outs; this is their twisted way of getting payback.

    Re: 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Se (none / 0) (#9)
    by kdog on Mon Mar 06, 2006 at 08:51:09 AM EST
    Poor guy, it can't be easy having a massive government breathing down your neck. May he be victorious in his fight against tyranny. Such a brave man.

    Re: 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Se (none / 0) (#10)
    by Lww on Mon Mar 06, 2006 at 07:41:50 PM EST
    SeeEmdee, who are these infamous neocons? I need the laugh.

    Re: 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Se (none / 0) (#11)
    by scarshapedstar on Tue Mar 07, 2006 at 02:26:40 AM EST
    SeeEmdee, who are these infamous neocons? I need the laugh.
    Uh... looked at the residents of the White House lately?

    60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Selling Seeds? | 11 comments (11 topical)