CITY POTHEADS PLAN SMOKE-IN RALLY TODAY

If you smell skunk outside the Vancouver Art Gallery this afternoon,
check your watch.

It will likely read 4:20 p.m. when an estimated 8,000 marijuana users
are expected to gather for what could be one of the largest pot
rallies in the weed world.

"This is not going to be a protest, this is going to be a massive
celebration and party," Marc Emery, a.k.a. Vancouver's infamous
Prince of Pot, said yesterday.

"It'll be huge, and if it's a sunny day, it'll be the largest one of
its kind in the world -- I'm sure of it."

A global smoke-in is scheduled to be held at 4:20 p.m. on the 20th
day of the fourth month -- 420 is a euphemism for cannabis culture.

The term got its name in the 1970s from a group of teens from San
Rafael High School in California who used to meet every day after
school at 4:20 p.m. to satisfy their need for weed, according to Wikipedia.

Emery said in keeping with the spirit of the Canucks playoff drive,
he'll wear his Vancouver jersey adorned with the number 420.

Emery said the rally will begin around 12:30 p.m. and run until around 5:30.

Emery's extradition hearing is slated for May 28 -- almost two years
after he was arrested for allegedly selling pot seeds to Americans.
He is being sought along with co-accused Greg Williams and Michelle Rainey.