EMERY, POT PARADERS DEMAND LEGALIZATION

TORONTO -- About 20,000 people took part in a pro-marijuana rally and
parade yesterday in Toronto -- many of them openly smoking the drug.

It was part of the 2007 Global Marijuana March and in total 232 cities
held similar events.

The pot paraders said they want Canada to legalize
marijuana.

Canada's so-called "Prince of Pot" was among those in attendance --
former Londoner Marc Emery heads the B.C. Marijuana party and
publishes Cannabis Culture magazine.

He has been arrested more than 20 times in Canada and later this month
will be in B.C. Supreme Court for a hearing to determine whether he
will be extradited to the U.S. to face charges of selling marijuana
seeds to Americans through the mail.

Emery called it incredible that 20,000 people were meeting only 100
metres from the legislature to demand marijuana be legalized.