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http://www.encod.org/emery.htm
DRUG POLICY ACTIVISTS THREATENED WITH LEGAL SANCTIONS
FREEDOM FOR MARC EMERY AND ANDRE FÜRST - STOP THE DRUG WAR MACHINE
During the week of Sept 10-16th, citizens from over 34 cities in the world are planning to hold peaceful direct action protests against the proposed extradition of Marc Emery, Michelle Rainey and Greg Williams from Canada to the United States.
European protests will take place at Canadian Embassies in Moscow, Warsaw, Prague, London, Paris, Rome and Vienna, as well as other places, among others the European Parliament in Brussels.
Emery is charged with Cannabis seed distribution and money-laundering; selling cannabis seeds over the net is not seen as a criminal offence in Canada but could find him facing a life-sentence in the United States.
As European Citizens, concerned about present drug policies and their implications for human rights, ENCOD sees it as imperative that this extradition is strongly opposed as potentially the beginning of a slippery slope, which could end the sovereignity of any nation to resist the US-driven 'drugwar.' If
the US is succesful in forcing Emery to the US for trial, European citizens could be next. Therefore, we invite all European citizens who want an end to the war on drugs to join the protest. For more details see the ENCOD Agenda
Marc Emery is a passionate fighter for drug policy reform through various media mechanisms, including the Cannabis Culture Magazine and Pot-TV. With much of the profit he made during the course of his work, Emery funded other reform efforts and/or defended other activists who stood trial for minor drug-related crimes. It is these humanitarian, freedom-seeking activities that have brought Emery to the attention of US drug warriors.
Unbeknown to many, Emery has also funded a house where heroin/cocaine users can go in order to treat their dependency with the assistance of an African rootbark - Ibogaine. Ibogaine is illegal in the US and a scheduled
drug in the many other countries but even so, drug-dependents and their allies risk indictment in order to save lives and treat their dependency problems.
For the address of the nearest Canadian Embassy, see here
You can also send a short message to Canada's Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler (or ask your Member of Parliament to do so).
The address is: E-mail: webadmin@...
Fax: 613-954-0811
Snail mail: The Honourable Irwin Cotler
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
284 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H8
More information on Marc Emery's case is available at www.cannabisculture.com or www.smokeoutamerica.ca
The case Hemp-Info: Fribourg justice's witch hunt
On 23 August the District Court of Morat (Switzerland) sentenced André Fürst, the owner of Hemp-Info, to 29 months of prison (unconditional sentence) and to a fine of 150.000 Swiss francs (approx. 98.000 euros). Mr. Fürst's crime consisted in the development of agro-industrial ecological methods of hemp utilization. André has become one more victim of the incomprehensible twist in Swiss drug policy.
The authorities of many Swiss cantons were still until recently applying a pragmatic and humanist approach. Now the same authorities started a witch hunt obviously inspired by the US War on Drugs, which already proved to have disastrous impact on the drugs scene. In the future, Swiss people will be able to adopt a model properly adjusted to their local conditions due to the Pro-Hemp grass-root movement. In the meantime, activists of this honorable cause are under a pressure from the police, judiciary and
media, which is absolutely unworthy of a democratic country.
Considering André Fürst as a criminal, the judiciary is pushing hemp farmers to the illegality, patients using cannabis will be deprived of their medicine and cannabis users will turn to organized crime. Apart individual personal tragedies, this policy will cause a considerable harm to the whole Swiss society. And all this is happening because of a plant, which is less harmful than legal tobacco and alcohol.
The Court refused to make any clear decision on different methods of the hemp analysis, which results can be so erratic that they may easily show from 0,3% of delta9THC to 3% of global content of THC in the same sample of hemp. In the same time, the Fribourg Court refused to make an assessment on the legality of this standard of 0,3% of THC (delta9 or global?) inspired by French law, which is missing any undeniable scientific or agronomic basis and is having no ground in the Swiss legislation.
The
Court has neither assessed on the fact that hemp is not a drug nor in the strict sense of a narcotic, or in the spirit of authors of the drug legislation.
As far as we have not received any response to these fundamental questions and because there are also other reasons to reject this sentence, André Fürst will continue his struggle for the hemp and will make an appeal to the Cantonal Court of Fribourg.
The following is the French version of a letter, fax, mail to advocate the hemp reform in Swiss and worldwide, to stress against the war on drugs and to demonstrate for Fürst and Emery freedom, to farm ! This text must be posted in french, german, italian or english, even romanche is cool but rare.
La Suisse ne doit pas faire la guerre au chanvre
Monsieur (Madame),
Je vous manifeste mon indignation de la condamnation d’André Fürst, patron de Chanvre-Info, à 29 mois de détention pour une affaire de chanvre. Cette injustice entache l’image exemplaire de la démocratie suisse. M. Fürst est victime d’un scandaleux revirement politique sous pressions occultes. Une victime de plus dans l’inefficace guerre à la drogue que G.W.Bush vous impose pour faire oublier l’Irak, l’Afghanistan et autres turpitudes.
Depuis le 11 septembre, l’administration US, relayée par un lobby international religieux, sectaire et néoconservateur, fait pression par tout moyen sur les gouvernements, les politiciens et les media des pays réformateurs en matière de drogues. Le président Bush veut renforcer la prohibition et couper la tête des leaders pro-cannabis. La scandaleuse tentative d’extradition vers les USA du grainetier canadien Marc Emery est un autre exemple récent
de ces méthodes totalitaires. La Suisse comme le Canada doivent défendre leur politique, et ne pas suivre ce fou dangereux.
Le long processus suisse d’élaboration d’une stratégie efficace était un modèle d’expertise et de concertation. La plupart des Cantons appliquaient par avance une politique tolérante envers les usagers et des centaines de magasins et de chanvriers. La Suisse devait dépénaliser la consommation et réglementer le marché. Toutes les commissions scientifiques ou politiques, le Conseil Fédéral et même le Parlement en première lecture ont approuvé cette démarche novatrice. Fallait-il renier ces avances et pourquoi revenir à la répression brutale ?
André Fürst a respecté les recommandations de votre projet avorté de réglementation. Il a milité et investi pour un chanvre biologique aux multiples usages, utile tant pour sauver l’agriculture sans subventions que pour réguler un problème social majeur. Sa cause semblait triompher jusqu’au revirement du
Parlement et ses conséquences judiciaires inacceptables. André Fürst est coupable d’avoir anticipé, comme tant d’autres, une réforme consensuelle enterrée sans motif valable. Au 21ème siècle, en Suisse, on ne peut pas jeter un homme en prison pour avoir participé à l’amélioration de la société. C’est une purge stalinienne, d’abord on suscite la réforme pour mieux pendre les leaders. Vous devez intervenir pour rétablir l’équité et la morale.
Pour faire cesser cette parodie avant qu’elle ne fasse trop de victimes, vous devez user de votre influence pour l'instauration d'un moratoire, une amnistie générale et des grâces à titre exceptionnel sur les affaires concernant le chanvre pendant la période de 96 à 04. En attendant le vote de l’initiative populaire Pro-chanvre, je vous demande de stopper les condamnations des personnes engagees que vous avez laissé faire pendant tant d’années. Ce n’est pas juste, ni moral et encore moins efficace ou pragmatique. Les guerres de Bush ne
sont pas notre combat. Poursuivez la réforme de la politique des drogues, en Suisse comme à l’ONU. Freedom to Farm !
Name:
Profession:
City, country:
Please copy this document, sign it and send it to:
For all:
Président de la Confédération Helvétique
Samuel Schmid
Palais fédéral est
CH - 3003 Berne
tél.: 031 324 50 33
fax: 031 323 57 82
samuel.schmid@...
For Swiss people
Conseiller fédéral, Chef du Département Fédéral Justice et Police
Christoph Blocher
Palais fédéral ouest
CH - 3003 Berne
christoph.blocher@...
For foreigners
Conseillère fédérale, Département fédéral des affaires étrangères
Micheline Calmy-Rey
Palais fédéral Ouest
CH-3003 Berne
Tél. (+41)
031 322 21 11
Fax (+41) 031 324 90 47
www.calmy-rey.admin.ch/f/contact/cntrequest.aspx/ (copy in the formular)
For NGOs and CSOs
Division politique III - Nations Unies, Organisations internationales, Environnement, Culture, Francophonie
Bundesgasse 28
CH-3003 Berne
Tél.: (+41) 031 323 23 46
Fax: (+41) 031 323 21 30
PA3A@...
For all
Direction de la sécurité et de la justice (DSJ) du canton de Fribourg
Claude Grandjean, Conseiller d'Etat
Grand-Rue 26, Case postale, CH-1701 Fribourg
Chancellerie d'Etat - Rue des Chanoines 17 - Case postale - 1701 Fribourg
Tél: 026 305 10 45 - Fax 026 305 10 48
http://admin.fr.ch/cha/fr/pub/meta_navigation/contact.cfm (copy in the formular)
THANK YOU!!!!
More information on Andre Fürst's case is available at www.chanvre-info.ch/
On 23 August the District Court of Morat (Switzerland) sentenced André Fürst, the owner of Hemp-Info, to 29 months of prison (unconditional sentence) and to a fine of 150.000 Swiss francs (approx. 98.000 euros). Mr. Fürst's crime consisted in the development of agro-industrial ecological methods of hemp utilization. André has become one more victim of the incomprehensible twist in Swiss drug policy.
The authorities of many Swiss cantons were still until recently applying a pragmatic and humanist approach. Now the same authorities started a witch hunt obviously inspired by the US War on Drugs, which already proved to have disastrous impact on the drugs scene. In the future, Swiss people will be able to adopt a model properly adjusted to their local conditions due to the Pro-Hemp grass-root movement. In the meantime, activists of this honorable cause are under a pressure from the police, judiciary and media, which is absolutely unworthy of a democratic country.
Considering André Fürst as a criminal, the judiciary is pushing hemp farmers to the illegality, patients using cannabis will be deprived of their medicine and cannabis users will turn to organized crime. Apart individual personal tragedies, this policy will cause a considerable harm to the whole Swiss society. And all this is happening because of a plant, which is less harmful than legal tobacco and alcohol.
The Court refused to make any clear decision on different methods of the hemp analysis, which results can be so erratic that they may easily show from 0,3% of delta9THC to 3% of global content of THC in the same sample of hemp. In the same time, the Fribourg Court refused to make an assessment on the legality of this standard of 0,3% of THC (delta9 or global?) inspired by French law, which is missing any undeniable scientific or agronomic basis and is having no ground in the Swiss legislation.
The Court has neither assessed on the fact that hemp is not a drug nor in the strict sense of a narcotic, or in the spirit of authors of the drug legislation.
As far as we have not received any response to these fundamental questions and because there are also other reasons to reject this sentence, André Fürst will continue his struggle for the hemp and will make an appeal to the Cantonal Court of Fribourg.
The following is the French version of a letter, fax, mail to advocate the hemp reform in Swiss and worldwide, to stress against the war on drugs and to demonstrate for Fürst and Emery freedom, to farm ! This text must be posted in french, german, italian or english, even romanche is cool but rare.
La Suisse ne doit pas faire la guerre au chanvre
Monsieur (Madame),
Je vous manifeste mon indignation de la condamnation d’André Fürst, patron de Chanvre-Info, à 29 mois de détention pour une affaire de chanvre. Cette injustice entache l’image exemplaire de la démocratie suisse. M. Fürst est victime d’un scandaleux revirement politique sous pressions occultes. Une victime de plus dans l’inefficace guerre à la drogue que G.W.Bush vous impose pour faire oublier l’Irak, l’Afghanistan et autres turpitudes.
Depuis le 11 septembre, l’administration US, relayée par un lobby international religieux, sectaire et néoconservateur, fait pression par tout moyen sur les gouvernements, les politiciens et les media des pays réformateurs en matière de drogues. Le président Bush veut renforcer la prohibition et couper la tête des leaders pro-cannabis. La scandaleuse tentative d’extradition vers les USA du grainetier canadien Marc Emery est un autre exemple récent
de ces méthodes totalitaires. La Suisse comme le Canada doivent défendre leur politique, et ne pas suivre ce fou dangereux.
Le long processus suisse d’élaboration d’une stratégie efficace était un modèle d’expertise et de concertation. La plupart des Cantons appliquaient par avance une politique tolérante envers les usagers et des centaines de magasins et de chanvriers. La Suisse devait dépénaliser la consommation et réglementer le marché. Toutes les commissions scientifiques ou politiques, le Conseil Fédéral et même le Parlement en première lecture ont approuvé cette démarche novatrice. Fallait-il renier ces avances et pourquoi revenir à la répression brutale ?
André Fürst a respecté les recommandations de votre projet avorté de réglementation. Il a milité et investi pour un chanvre biologique aux multiples usages, utile tant pour sauver l’agriculture sans subventions que pour réguler un problème social majeur. Sa cause semblait triompher jusqu’au revirement du
Parlement et ses conséquences judiciaires inacceptables. André Fürst est coupable d’avoir anticipé, comme tant d’autres, une réforme consensuelle enterrée sans motif valable. Au 21ème siècle, en Suisse, on ne peut pas jeter un homme en prison pour avoir participé à l’amélioration de la société. C’est une purge stalinienne, d’abord on suscite la réforme pour mieux pendre les leaders. Vous devez intervenir pour rétablir l’équité et la morale.
Pour faire cesser cette parodie avant qu’elle ne fasse trop de victimes, vous devez user de votre influence pour l'instauration d'un moratoire, une amnistie générale et des grâces à titre exceptionnel sur les affaires concernant le chanvre pendant la période de 96 à 04. En attendant le vote de l’initiative populaire Pro-chanvre, je vous demande de stopper les condamnations des personnes engagees que vous avez laissé faire pendant tant d’années. Ce n’est pas juste, ni moral et encore moins efficace ou pragmatique. Les guerres de Bush ne
sont pas notre combat. Poursuivez la réforme de la politique des drogues, en Suisse comme à l’ONU. Freedom to Farm !
Name:
Profession:
City, country:
Please copy this document, sign it and send it to: For all:
Président de la Confédération Helvétique
Samuel Schmid
Palais fédéral est
CH - 3003 Berne
tél.: 031 324 50 33
fax: 031 323 57 82
samuel.schmid@...
For Swiss people
Conseiller fédéral, Chef du Département Fédéral Justice et Police
Christoph Blocher
Palais fédéral ouest
CH - 3003 Berne
christoph.blocher@...
For foreigners
Conseillère fédérale, Département fédéral des affaires étrangères
Micheline Calmy-Rey
Palais fédéral Ouest
CH-3003 Berne
Tél. (+41) 031 322 21 11
Fax (+41) 031 324 90 47
www.calmy-rey.admin.ch/f/contact/cntrequest.aspx/ (copy in the formular)
For NGOs and CSOs
Division politique III - Nations Unies, Organisations internationales, Environnement, Culture, Francophonie
Bundesgasse 28
CH-3003 Berne
Tél.: (+41) 031 323 23 46
Fax: (+41) 031 323 21 30
PA3A@...
For all
Direction de la sécurité et de la justice (DSJ) du canton de Fribourg
Claude Grandjean, Conseiller d'Etat
Grand-Rue 26, Case postale, CH-1701 Fribourg
Chancellerie d'Etat - Rue des Chanoines 17 - Case postale - 1701 Fribourg
Tél: 026 305 10 45 - Fax 026 305 10 48
http://admin.fr.ch/cha/fr/pub/meta_navigation/contact.cfm (copy in the formular)
THANK YOU!!!!
More information on Andre Fürst's case is available at www.chanvre-info.ch/
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EVENTS IN THE COMING MONTHS IN WHICH ENCOD WILL PARTICIPATE
7, 8, 9 September: Participation in the conference of REFORMA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
8, 9 10 September: Participation in the meeting of CORRELATION, Egmond, Netherlands
9, 10, 11 September: Stand in the Fair for Cannabis and alternative technologies, Madrid, Spain
10 to 16 September: ENCOD members will participate in global protest actions against the extradition of Marc Emery to the United States: seeds of hope will be spread in Brussels, London, Moscow, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Vienna and Warsaw.
13 September: An ENCOD delegation will meet Members of the European Parliament to discuss a European Dialogue on Drug Policy.
1 October: Start of Freedom to Farm campaign
13, 14 October: Participation in the meeting of the Platform on Ethical
Questions of the Pompidou Group, Council of Europe, Strassbourg, France, on the issue of drug testing in schools.
14, 15 and 16 October: Stand at the HIGHLIFE BARCELONA.
21, 22 and 23 October: Stand at the LONDON HEMP FAIR in Central London.
1 November: International Drug User Day
4, 5 and 6 November: Stand at the UK HEMP EXPO in Wembley, London.
10 - 12 November: Participation in the conference of the DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE, Long
Beach, United States
Please contact us if you wish to have more information. [home]
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On July 29th, 2005, the Vancouver Police Department and RCMP executed a warrant from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, raiding the B.C. Marijuana Party Headquarters in Vancouver and arresting party president Marc Emery in Halifax.
Two of Marc’s associates, Greg Williams and Michelle Rainey, were also arrested.
The United States is attempting to extradite all three to face life in U.S. prison for selling cannabis seeds, a practice that has been openly tolerated by Canadian authorities and the Canadian people for a decade.
On September 10th, people in cities in Canada, the United States, and across the globe are uniting in protest against this alarming infringement on
Canadian sovereignty and unprecedented escalation
by the Bush administration of the failed War on Drugs.
The Canadian government must abide by the Extradition Act of Canada and refuse the extradition of Marc, Greg, and Michelle.
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"[The extradition attempt] borders on plain madness."
Colby Cosh, National Post
"I think this country needs a few more people like Emery."
Ian Gillespie, London Free Press
"By B.C. standards, life in prison for selling seeds is also harsh and excessive. Canadian courts ought to reject the U.S. extradition request. There are plenty of criminals for the DEA to go after on its own side of the border."
Danielle Smith, Calgary Herald
"...the Canadian government doesn't have to sign on as a partner to help bring an ineffective, destructive war on drugs across the border."
Paul Willcocks, Victoria Times Colonist
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| Vancouver, BC | September 10th poster |
2PM US Consulate 1075 West Pender |
| Victoria residents: Click here for more info about activity in your area or attending the Vancouver protest. Also email freemarcemery@... for more information or to help out. | ||
| Halifax, NS | September 10th poster |
Noon-6PM Grand Parade Square |
Bring signs, flags, yourself and friends. Live music, speeches, politics and pot! Contact mpat@... or visit www.bnorml.com | ||
| Toronto, ON | September 10th mini-leaflets new poster 1 (pdf) new poster 1 (jpg) Posters by Sebi |
3PM US Consulate 360 University Avenue |
| Transit tips: Get off at the St. Patrick Street metro station and walk south on University Ave. | ||
| Ottawa, ON | September 10th | US Consulate |
| Timmins, ON | September 10th contact |
The Middle Finger Response 32 Mountjoy Street South Timmins |
| Calgary, AB | September 10th poster |
2PM-4:20PM US Consulate 615 Macleod Trail |
Update: Prizes will be handed out! Visit the web site below for details. Any one wanting to participate in the planning please feel free to contact the organizers at albertanactivist@.... If any locals without transportation would like a free ride to the event, email kanman2004@.... web site | ||
| Edmonton, AB | September 10th | 3PM Sir Winston Churchill Square |
Anybody wishing to help, email activistedmonton@.... | ||
| Montreal, QC | September 10th | |
| 1PM Normand Bethune Parc at Guy-Concordia Metro station 2PM March to US consulate 1155 rue St-Alexandre | ||
| St. John's, NL | September 10th contact |
2PM-4PM Colonial Building Military Road |
| Winnipeg, MB | September 10th web page |
3PM American Consulate 201 Portage Avenue & Main |
| Contact Chris Buors (204) 294-2025 | ||
| Regina, SK | September 10th web site contact poster |
4:20 Victoria Park |
| Saskatoon, SK | September 17th | TBD |
| New York, New York | September 10th contact |
Noon-2PM Canadian Mission to the U.N 47th St and 2nd Ave. |
| More than 100 people are expected to attend, w. speakers including High Times Editor-in-Chief Rick Cusick, former HEADS editor-in-chief Paul DeRienzo, and Dana Beal, initiator of the Million Marijuana March. | ||
| Chicago, Illinois | September 10th poster contact |
2PM Canadian Consulate Two Prudential Plaza 180 North Stetson Avenue |
| Boston, Massachusetts | September 10th poster |
Noon-6PM Canadian Consulate Three Copley Place |
| Detroit, Michigan | September 16th | 9AM Hart Plaza Noon Ford Field |
Bring flags, a fun attitude and your own street theater acts. Michigan NORML policy is no public smoke-outs. There will be a social hour afterward. Refreshments will be served. contact | ||
| San Francisco, California | TBD | TBD |
| San Diego, California | TBD | TBD |
| Missoula, Montana | September 10th | Noon-10:30PM Caras Park |
| With the Missoula Hemp Fest | ||
| Honolulu, Hawaii | TBD | Australian (and Canadian) Consulate Penthouse Suite, 1000 Bishop Street |
| Maui, Hawaii | September 10th | Noon-4:20PM |
| More info: www.patientswithouttime.com or email info@... | ||
| Washington, DC | TBD | Canadian Embassy 501 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. |
| Seattle, Washington | September 16th contact web page |
2PM Federal Building, 7th and Stewart (downtown) |
| Tucson, Arizona | September 13th |
11:30AM DEA Office, 3285 East Hemisphere Loop |
| London, England | September 10th contact web page |
2PM Canadian and American Embassies, Grosvenor Square Park |
| September 9th: Pre-protest lunchtime picket! | ||
| Paris, France | September 10th | Ambassade du Canada 35, avenue Montaigne |
| Metro: Franklin D. Roosevelt or Alma Marceau Bus: 42 or 80 contact | ||
| Rome, Italy | TBD contact |
Canadian Embassy Via Zara 30 |
| Vienna, Austria | TBD contact |
Canadian Embassy Laurenzerberg 2 |
| Moscow, Russia | TBD contact |
Canadian Embassy 23 Starokonyushenny Pereulok |
| Kingston, Jamaica | September 15th | 1-4PM Canadian High Commission |
3 West Kings House Road Waterloo Road Entrance contact | ||
| Warsaw, Poland | September 10th contact web page |
4PM Canadian Embassy ul. Matejki 1/5 |
| Mexico City, Mexico | TBD | Canadian Embassy Calle Schiller No. 529 (Rincón del Bosque) Colonia Bosque de Chapultepec |
| Oslo, Norway | September 10th contact web page |
3PM Canadian Embassy Wergelandsveien 7 (v/Slottsparken) |
| Auckland, New Zealand |
September 10th web page |
Canadian Consulate 48 Emily Place |
| Wellington, New Zealand | September 10th web page |
Canadian High Commission 61 Molesworth Street Thorndon |
| Brussels, Belgium | September 13th contact |
Inside European Parliament |
| Prague, Czechoslovakia | TBD contact |
Canadian Embassy Muchova 6, 160 00 Prague 6 |
| Nimbin, Australia | September 10th web page |
TBD Nimbin Hemp Bar, 51 Cullen street |
| Adelaide, Australia | TBD | TBD |
Download a generic Smoke Out America poster you can customize and photocopy for your particular city. Getting the word out is crucial!
Also see the World-Wide Protests link at Cannabis Culture
Visit the Cannabis Culture Forums for more information.
View the Marc Emery Image gallery by Eco Man
Download a poster containing all planned protests made by Smartypants
Sign the petition to block the extradition of Marc Emery
View the DEA press release they wish they never released, spelling out their political motivations. Under Canadian law, this requires the Justice Minister to deny the extradition.
To have your city added to the list, email: info@...
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Images:
http://gallery.marihemp.com/marc-emery
| Marc Scott Emery. Free Canada's Prince of Pot! |
Also check out the related image folders in the "campaigns" directory.
Worldwide Cannabis Liberation Week, and Smoke Out America: September 10-16, 2005. http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4494.html and http://smokeoutamerica.ca and http://www.encod.org/emery.htm
There are PDF and .doc versions of some of the various posters, flyers, handbills, banners, etc.. They can be found here: http://www.unleashthegreen.com/l/5 and http://www.smokeoutamerica.ca/downloads
See images loading farther down. Also check out this other image gallery for the July 29, 2005 raid, protests, rallies, and ensuing media coverage: http://www.danieltv.com/gallery/album06
USA tries a roundabout way to shut down the U.S. drug war's most effective enemies, CannabisCulture.com and Pot.TV , ... and fails! CannabisCulture.com is also the number one supporter of the Global Marijuana March: http://www.cannabisculture.com/march and http://www.globalmarijuanamarch.org
Marc Emery donates nearly all his money to cannabis and harm reduction causes.
Biographies: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4482.html and http://www.cannabisculture.ca/articles/2644.html
BCMP. British Columbia Marijuana Party. http://bcmarijuanaparty.com
The Green Triangle and the Drug War: http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/triangle.htm
U.S. is seeking life in prison for Marc Emery for selling cannabis seeds to the USA. Holland, the UK, etc. sell seeds to the USA. The USA hasn't been trying to extradite their seed sellers! Seed selling is legal in those nations, and it is tolerated in Canada. Even Health Canada has sent patients to Canadian seed sellers! Canada sent plenty of liquor to the USA during its alcohol prohibition. The USA couldn't arrest those sellers if they didn't enter US territory. Please forward widely:
Google News. http://news.google.com/news?q=marc+emery and more focused search.
Google News archive: http://www.unleashthegreen.com/l/5/Marc-Emery.Google-News.htm
Yahoo News. http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/?p=marc+emery and more focused search.
Yahoo News archive: http://www.unleashthegreen.com/l/5/Emery.Yahoo-News.htm
Image gallery with news: http://gallery.marihemp.com/marc-emery
DrugNews.org: http://www.mapinc.org/people/marc+emery
Early Vancouver Sun articles: 1. 2.
Videos (need to turn ActiveX on temporarily by setting browser security to its default medium setting):
http://www.Pot.TV Other videos: 1. 2. 3. 4.
CC forums:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/postlist.php?Board=extradite
http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/postlist.php?Board=current
Some of many popular forum threads: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Please help!: http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/showflat.php?Number=1126516
"In a statement, DEA administrator Karen Tandy said Emery and his organization was 'one of the attorney general's most wanted international drug trafficking organizational targets -- one of only 46 in the world, and the only one from Canada.' Jeff Sullivan, assistant U.S. attorney, said it could be 'anywhere from six months to two years before [Emery] is in America facing charges.' "
- Above quote is from CHEK TV News, Canada. Times Colonist (Victoria). CanWest News Service. July 31, 2005.
http://www.canada.com/victoria/story.html?id=bd271611-c280-43bb-bdd1-7a427597a103
Conspiracy laws:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/showflat.php?Number=1126473
Mandatory minimum drug sentences. Charts, links, references:
http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/mandatory.htm
Extradition laws: http://savemarcemery.blogspot.com
"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."
- Above quote is from DEA head Karen Tandy. As written in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 5, 2005.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/235421_joel05.html - See one of her news releases in the image gallery, and online:
http://www.dea.gov/pubs/pressrel/pr081105.html
Great quote from an August 8, 2005 article:
http://www.howestreet.com/mainartcl.php?ArticleId=1441
____ "If sending marijuana seeds in the mail is illegal here, as in the US, the 'crime' was clearly committed in Canada, not the US and the Canadian government should simply tell the US government, okay, we'll prosecute the fellow here since the 'crime; was committed here. Then Marc can plead guilty, pay his fine and continue with his life. But to send him to the United States would be absurd as well as a gross perversion of justice.
____ "Marc is following in the footsteps of one of Canada's largest industrial conglomerates - Seagram's, which made a fortune and established its presence as one of Canada's leading companies in the thirties during prohibition. Seagram's products were smuggled in huge quantities south of the border. This saved thousands of
Americans from blindness or death due to bad moonshine. Would the Canadian government of the day have extradited the Seagrams and new company owners the Bronfmans at the request of the Americans?"
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Ask Canadian In-Justice Minister Irwin Cotler why he lied by omission in his 2005 letter surrendering Renee Boje to US authorities for extradition to face trial and possibly receive a mandatory-minimum cannabis sentence of 10 years to life in prison.
What Irwin Cotler says in the above quote is a "shocking" lie by omission. He omits the fact that a Canadian court would probably give no sentence at all to Renee Boje once they found out that she had been watering medical cannabis plants while illustrating a book on medical cannabis. Some of the judges would probably call her a saint after declaring her not guilty.
Shocking to the Canadian conscience?
10 years to life in prison for watering medical cannabis plants or selling cannabis seeds? Irwin Cotler uses similar logic for surrendering Marc Emery up for extradition to the USA for a possible mandatory-minimum sentence of ten years to life in prison. Even though for decades no one has gotten jail time in Canada for selling cannabis seeds to the USA. There are many mailorder cannabis seed sellers in Canada paying taxes and openly selling to the USA.
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
"This section [52] of the Constitution gives the courts the power to rule that a particular law is not valid if it violates the Charter, which is itself part of the Constitution."
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pdp-hrp/canada/guide/constitution_e.cfm
"The Charter regulates interactions between the state (federal, provincial and territorial governments) and individuals. It is, in some respects, Canada's most important law because it can render invalid or inoperative any laws that are inconsistent with its provisions. For more than 20 years, the Charter has been the driving force of change, progress and the affirmation of our society's values. Canadian courts have rendered more than 300 decisions in which they invoke the Charter to bring Canadian laws into accordance with the principles and values of Canadian society."
http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/pdp-hrp/canada/freedom_e.cfm
Quotes below are from this page:
http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/pdp-hrp/docs/cat/fd_e.cfm
"According to the Court, extradition will violate s. 7 [section 7 of the Charter] if the imposition of the penalty by the foreign state would shock the Canadian conscience."
"Extradition should be refused only where the sentence is so grossly disproportionate to the gravity of the alleged offence that it is fundamentally unjust."
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