B.C. 'PRINCE OF POT' EMERY AWAITS EXTRADITION TO U.S.

Vancouver marijuana activist Marc Emery is taking his last puff of
freedom as the clock counts down on an extradition order that will
send him to a U.S. jail for five years.

Emery, often referred to as B.C.'s Prince of Pot, and founder of the
B.C. Marijuana Party and publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine, is
out on bail waiting for Federal Justice Minister and Attorney General
Rob Nicholson to sign the extradition order, which can be done any
time after today.

Emery's trouble with U.S. authorities stemmed from his online
mail-order marijuana seed business, Marc Emery Direct Seeds, which he
started in 1994.

By 2005, the U.S. Justice Department got wind of the seeds coming into
their country. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency raided Emery's
business, and the Canadian government was asked to extradite him to
the U.S. to face charges of conspiracy to produce and traffic
marijuana and to launder the proceeds of crime.