MARIJUANA PARTY CANDIDATE RUNS INTO REALITY

A former Marijuana Party candidate with an odd view of diplomatic
immunity now faces pot trafficking charges.

Vancouver police say Marc Boyer, the Marijuana Party candidate for
Vancouver East in the June federal election, thought he could sell
marijuana from his campaign office because his party has official
party status.

"No, he's not immune," Vancouver Police Const. Anne Drennan said
yesterday. "That apparently is his position, and of course that would
not be true."

Foreign diplomats occasionally are granted "diplomatic immunity" in
Canada. But such immunity doesn't cover candidates in federal elections.

Boyer's landlord reportedly evicted him from his campaign headquarters
for dispensing medical marijuana and handing out cannabis cookies to
political backers.

He faces a drug-trafficking charge.