'PRINCE OF POT' APOLOGIZES FOR NAZI SLUR

OTTAWA - British Columbia marijuana crusader Marc Emery apologized
Wednesday for referring to federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler as a Nazi.

Emery, the 47-year-old "Prince of Pot" who faces potential extradition to
the United States for selling marijuana seeds, had compared the prosecution
of people who deal in and use marijuana to the treatment of Jews under the
Nazi regime.

"I feel ashamed when my Jewish friends tell me they are ill at ease by my
using the terms Nazi or Holocaust when referring to this issue or
incident," Emery wrote Wednesday on his website, cannabis.com.