WHATFG
Well-Known Member
For Jodie Emery, this July has been four years in the making. That’s because her husband, marijuana activist Marc “Prince of Pot” Emery, will officially be a free man July 9 after serving 1,590 days in U.S. custody for selling seeds online. And although Marc will remain in custody as he is processed for deportation – likely into August – reality is finally sinking in for Jodie. “I’ve been much more emotional as we get to the end, for the last six months even,” she said. “When Marc was first sent away I cried for weeks, but for three years after I didn’t cry. I admit I’ve cried recently.”
When Marc finally does arrive home (he’ll first spend time in a private Louisiana detention centre until marshals fly him to Detroit and escort him across the border to Windsor, Ont.), it’ll be to a different culture than the one he left. The Prince of Pot’s drive for marijuana legalization has taken hold in Washington State and Colorado south of the border, while enterprises are seeking the cash in on increased tolerance and a push for decimalization in Canada.
“We’ll be the only ones not selling seeds,” Jodie laughed. “Everything has changed so much, a lot of it has been down to his work. It’s exciting. There’s a medial marijuana dispensary down the block from our house, and many more, that we will have to walk by everyday.” Marc is bracing for all kinds of change. In his final Cannabis Culture blog post from a U.S. federal prison, posted Monday, he writes about trying to catch up in a more connected world.
“I also haven’t had a cell phone since a judge barred me from having one as part of my bizarre bail conditions in August 2005, so for the past nine years I have not owned a phone, and never had a smartphone,” Marc writes. “I have never texted in my life! It’s all going to require some adjustment.” Upon his release from prison, Marc plans to visit family in Ontario and make several public appearances and media interviews there before returning to Vancouver. He writes he’ll get settled in at work at his Cannabis Culture store in Vancouver and resume “the unfinished battle to finish off marijuana prohibition with renewed vigor.” Jodie, meanwhile, has remained politically active and has been touted as a possible Liberal candidate in the next federal election.
When Marc finally does arrive home (he’ll first spend time in a private Louisiana detention centre until marshals fly him to Detroit and escort him across the border to Windsor, Ont.), it’ll be to a different culture than the one he left. The Prince of Pot’s drive for marijuana legalization has taken hold in Washington State and Colorado south of the border, while enterprises are seeking the cash in on increased tolerance and a push for decimalization in Canada.
“We’ll be the only ones not selling seeds,” Jodie laughed. “Everything has changed so much, a lot of it has been down to his work. It’s exciting. There’s a medial marijuana dispensary down the block from our house, and many more, that we will have to walk by everyday.” Marc is bracing for all kinds of change. In his final Cannabis Culture blog post from a U.S. federal prison, posted Monday, he writes about trying to catch up in a more connected world.
“I also haven’t had a cell phone since a judge barred me from having one as part of my bizarre bail conditions in August 2005, so for the past nine years I have not owned a phone, and never had a smartphone,” Marc writes. “I have never texted in my life! It’s all going to require some adjustment.” Upon his release from prison, Marc plans to visit family in Ontario and make several public appearances and media interviews there before returning to Vancouver. He writes he’ll get settled in at work at his Cannabis Culture store in Vancouver and resume “the unfinished battle to finish off marijuana prohibition with renewed vigor.” Jodie, meanwhile, has remained politically active and has been touted as a possible Liberal candidate in the next federal election.
