B. C. ACTIVIST WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD MARIJUANA PARTY FROM HIS PRISON CELL

Marc Emery says he intends to stay on as president of the B. C.
Marijuana Party while in prison.

The Vancouver pot activist announced this week that he will plead
guilty to one of three drug-related charges against him --one count of
distributing marijuana--in a Seattle courtroom in August. He likely
will be sentenced in September or October.

Despite the possibility that he will be in prison for anywhere from
three to six years, Mr. Emery said he can continue to run the party.
"It'll be affected by my absence but I'll still be president and party
leader," he said.

Mr. Emery said the party will continue to support the Green party at
the provincial level and support Green and NDP candidates in the next
federal election. The charge to which he will please guilty relates to
a mail-order business selling marijuana seeds to people in the United
States and Canada from 1998 to 2005.