POT-TV BROADCASTING OVER NET FROM B.C.

It Gives A Whole New Meaning To The Term Smokescreen

Broadcast from a basement in bud-friendly B.C., Pot-TV has been getting
25,000 hits a month since it began producing a daily marijuana news show
and various other programs over the Internet last spring.

"B.C., as you probably know, is the heartland of cannabis culture in North
America," said Chris Bennett, one of five full-time employees and host of
Pot-TV's Burning Shiva, an exploration of the cultural use of cannabis
throughout history.

Viewers can tune into The Big Toke, a cannabis comedy hour, The Grow Show
with Marijuana Man, Cannabis Common Sense or Shake 'n Bake, a cooking show
that puts a whole new spin on baked goods.

"It's the best job I've ever had," said Bennett.

Pot-TV also offers the Healing Herb Hour to discuss medical uses for
marijuana and Yours in Defence, a legal discussion hosted by a
Colorado-based lawyer.

This is no Cheech and Chong venture. Marijuana advocate Marc Emery has
spent $220,000 since the beginning of the year to get Pot-TV up and
running, "and it produces no revenue," he said.

Emery supports the station the same way he supported his Cannabis Culture
magazine until it began to break even a few years ago -- by selling
marijuana seeds.

Emery says he is doing nothing illegal with Pot-TV. Police aren't sure,
either.

"It's supposed to be against the law to possess or distribute information
that helps people to use drugs, but when the law was made we certainly
didn't know Web sites existed yet," said Sgt. Chuck Doucette of the RCMP
drug awareness section in Vancouver.