MAKE LEGALIZING MARIJUANA A PRIORITY

Regarding Marijuana Laws In Canada And Marc Emery's Extradition.

It's time to force our government to pick a side of the marijuana debate
and dedicate it immediately, unapologetically and once and for all. One
side or the other. Do we recognize this substance as a harmful drug that is
responsible for all the pain and suffering that the United States
government tells the world? Or do we acknowledge that marijuana is, at the
very least harmless and potentially with some great medicinal benefits?

As it is, our government is unable or unwilling to choose a definitive
side. London, Ont. native and prince of pot, Marc Emery, has been commended
for this activism by judges, national politicians and the current Vancouver
mayor. His business has been recommended by the Health Ministry to those
who need marijuana seeds for medical purposes.

At the same time, Emery has been arrested and vilified for the promotion of
cannabis and its related paraphernalia. The few assets he has kept from his
million-dollar seed empire have been seized on a number of occasions.
Fortunately most of the money made from his business has gone into legal
fees for other marijuana defendants in North America, his drug
rehabilitation centre in Vancouver and various political parties supposedly
supporting cannabis law reformation, and thus not subject to seizure by the
police. However this political activist is now fighting extradition to the
United States where he will spend the rest of his life in a
maximum-security prison. Irwin Cotler, the current justice minister who
enabled the extradition proceedings against Emery, has recently stated that
marijuana legalization is just not a priority to him.

Meanwhile thousands of Canadians are suffering fines and even prison terms
for doing what they believe should be their own choice. Thousands of sick
people struggle to find marijuana to ease their pain. It is up to Canadian
citizens to speak up and make legalization a priority. Help our timid
government make a bold and definitive stance on the status of marijuana.
Either we stand by the American war on drugs, or we stand on our own.

If the average citizen were to stand up and be counted for his or her
opinion on the issue, Emery would not be in danger of spending his life in
an American prison for having to stand alone.

You may write to Justice Minister Irwin Cotler in regards to cannabis
reformation at:

The Honourable Irwin Cotler Minister of Justice and Attorney General of
Canada 284 Wellington St. Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8

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