POT CRUSADER SPEAKS TO VIU CLUB

The wife of Canada's "Prince of Pot" admits she is terrified when the
phone rings when her husband isn't home because it's often bad news.

Marijuana crusader and advocate Marc Emery has often had to call his
wife Jodie from a police detachment as he has been arrested for
flouting Canada's marijuana laws. The Emerys dread a phone call they
believe could come as early as Tuesday from their lawyer, telling them
Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson has signed extradition papers
and Marc must turn himself in to Canadian authorities.

Following that, he will be taken to the United States border and
turned over to American authorities so he can begin serving a
five-year jail term for selling marijuana seeds in America.

The Emerys were in Nanaimo on Saturday at Vancouver Island University,
where they spoke to approximately 50 people -- in a smoke-free room --
before the showing of the video The U.S. vs Marc Emery. They were the
guests of VIU's Hempology Club.

The couple contends that the Canadian government is starting to follow
what they call the "misguided" approach of the U.S.

"The American war on drugs has led to U.S. jails being full of people
who just wanted the freedom to use marijuana," said Marc. "The
(Stephen) Harper government is bringing in the Americanization of our
justice system and the opposition isn't doing anything to prevent it
because they are scared of being labelled 'soft on crime.'"

The "threat" to society is not the marijuana seeds Emery sold through
his Cannabis Culture magazine.

"Be much more afraid of the Harper government than seed sellers or pot
growers," said Jodie.

She cited the Conservative government's efforts to bring in mandatory
minimum sentences and the proposed Bill C-6, the Canada Consumer
Product Safety Act, as the real threat to "free-thinking" Canadians.

"This bill would give the government the right to come on your
property if they suspect you are growing cannabis or even ginseng and
it's all under the guise of safety," said Jodie. "What it is really
about is control. The only reason government and laws exist is to stop
you from doing something you might want to do and they don't want you
to do or to make you do something that you don't want to do."

The couple were scornful of the Canadian government's decision to turn
Marc over to U.S. authorities so he could serve his negotiated
five-year sentence south of the border.

"If it's illegal to sell seeds in Canada, which it is," said Marc,
"then you should be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced to a
Canadian prison."

When asked why he agreed to enter into a plea bargain with U.S.
prosecutors, Marc said it was either that or risk spending a lot more
time in prison.

"When you are facing life and they offer you a deal for five years,
you make the deal.

"It will be really difficult when we get the call from Marc's lawyer
telling us it is time for Marc to turn himself in."