PRINCE OF POT TRANSFERRED TO GEORGIA PRISON

Vancouver's 'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery has been transferred to a
low-security federal prison in Georgia for non-U. S. "deportable aliens."

Emery, who had expected to be transferred to a California facility, is
now at the D. Ray James Correctional Facility in Folkston, Ga.

The facility, which had been a state prison known for violent
incidents among inmates, was changed in October to an Immigration and
Naturalization Services low-security federal prison for "deportable
aliens," according to a blog entry by Emery.

In the entry, addressed to his wife Jodie on the Cannabis Culture
web-site, Emery said the move was made to "send me as far away from
you as possible."

Jodie said Sunday that Emery is "trying to keep his spirits up" as he
continues to apply for a transfer to serve his time in Canada.

Emery, 52, was sentenced by a U.S. judge to five years in prison for
selling marijuana seeds to U.S. customers through his business, Marc
Emery Direct.

Emery has been a political activist for three decades.

Norman Grant Smith, co-founder of the BC Marijuana Party, is urging
Emery's supporters to write to the federal immigration minister to
petition for his immediate transfer to Canada.