News (Media Awareness Project) - CN BC: 'Wedding Doobie' Lights Way For Prince Of Pot's Nuptials |
Title: | CN BC: 'Wedding Doobie' Lights Way For Prince Of Pot's Nuptials |
Published On: | 2006-07-24 |
Source: | Edmonton Journal (CN AB) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-13 07:36:41 |
'WEDDING DOOBIE' LIGHTS WAY FOR PRINCE OF POT'S NUPTIALS
Leader Of B.C. Marijuana Party Faces Extradition To U.S.
VANCOUVER - Marc Emery, Canada's so-called Prince of Pot, got married
Sunday to a woman who apparently doesn't mind the idea that her new
husband could spend large parts of their marriage in court or in jail
as part of his mission to legalize marijuana.
"I will support him no matter what happens in any situation," Jodie
Emery, 21, said shortly after the wedding. "I'm just so happy right
now to be married to him."
She said she married Emery, who has been arrested 21 times, knowing
full well he may spend many years in a U.S. jail.
Emery, 48, heads the B.C. Marijuana Party and publishes Cannabis
Culture magazine. He is currently charged with selling marijuana
seeds to Americans through the mail, conspiracy to manufacture pot
and conspiracy to engage in money laundering.
He was arrested last July along with Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek and
Greg Williams after police raided Emery's pot paraphernalia store in
Vancouver following an 18-month investigation by the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration.
The wedding ceremony took place under a white tent in the city's
Queen Elizabeth Park, where about 100 guests sat in suits and dresses
continually passing around joints.
Blue sunny skies and a garden full of flowers were the backdrop for
the nuptials.
"I can't imagine a more perfect day," said Emery.
After the ceremony the bride, wearing a long, white strapless wedding
dress, lit up what she called a "wedding doobie."
The Emerys then shared, in front of a crowd of media, their first
joint as husband and wife, inhaling the smoke and then kissing each other.
"I am so lucky to be married to such a young and beautiful woman," said Emery.
When asked how the two will cope if he gets extradited to the U.S.,
Emery said he was upbeat and positive.
Leader Of B.C. Marijuana Party Faces Extradition To U.S.
VANCOUVER - Marc Emery, Canada's so-called Prince of Pot, got married
Sunday to a woman who apparently doesn't mind the idea that her new
husband could spend large parts of their marriage in court or in jail
as part of his mission to legalize marijuana.
"I will support him no matter what happens in any situation," Jodie
Emery, 21, said shortly after the wedding. "I'm just so happy right
now to be married to him."
She said she married Emery, who has been arrested 21 times, knowing
full well he may spend many years in a U.S. jail.
Emery, 48, heads the B.C. Marijuana Party and publishes Cannabis
Culture magazine. He is currently charged with selling marijuana
seeds to Americans through the mail, conspiracy to manufacture pot
and conspiracy to engage in money laundering.
He was arrested last July along with Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek and
Greg Williams after police raided Emery's pot paraphernalia store in
Vancouver following an 18-month investigation by the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration.
The wedding ceremony took place under a white tent in the city's
Queen Elizabeth Park, where about 100 guests sat in suits and dresses
continually passing around joints.
Blue sunny skies and a garden full of flowers were the backdrop for
the nuptials.
"I can't imagine a more perfect day," said Emery.
After the ceremony the bride, wearing a long, white strapless wedding
dress, lit up what she called a "wedding doobie."
The Emerys then shared, in front of a crowd of media, their first
joint as husband and wife, inhaling the smoke and then kissing each other.
"I am so lucky to be married to such a young and beautiful woman," said Emery.
When asked how the two will cope if he gets extradited to the U.S.,
Emery said he was upbeat and positive.
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