MARIJUANA MARTYR WILL HAVE TO REAP WHAT HE HAS SOWN

Vancouver pot activist Marc Emery, arrested last Friday after being
indicted by an American grand jury on charges he sold marijuana seeds to
folks in the U.S., was later reported by his fiancee to feeling a little
scared.

And we can understand why: U.S. federal authorities don't pussyfoot around
when it comes to the illegal drug trade. Emery, who was granted bail in
Vancouver yesterday, knows this. Indeed, he has railed repeatedly against
the evils of the U.S.-led drug war.

Which is why the Prince of Pot should not be too shocked that he has
finally riled up Uncle Sam sufficiently to do something about his
mail-order enterprise.

Certainly, the leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party faces serious charges. He
and two others are accused by the U.S. of conspiracy to manufacture
marijuana, to distribute marijuana seeds and to engage in money laundering.

Emery's lawyer, John Conroy, calls the case unfair because Canadian
officials have let Emery sell seeds openly here for years.

But the charges Emery faces are not in Canada; they are in the United
States. So this doesn't seem to be an issue of Canadian sovereignty. And
the Canadian police's involvement appears limited to making the arrests (as
the U.S. police would do for our cops, if the roles were reversed).

For years, Emery has portrayed himself as a marijuana martyr.

These new U.S. charges merely raise the consequences of him doing so to a
whole new level.