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So there’s this obnoxious guy who lives in my province. You may have heard of him, his name is Marc Emery and he calls himself “the Prince of Pot.” Basically, he’s a millionaire drug-dealer who sells Marijuana to anyone who wants it, bot within Canada and around the world.
He’s an enormous media whore. I myself have actually met him several times, just because he always seems to be around anywhere where a camera is present. The fact that he has become such a rich celebrity figure is largely the reason why he’s never faced any serious legal consequences for his actions, despite the fact that he openly flaunts all manner of Canadian drug law.
But the United States is a different story, and has been perusing his arrest for quite some time, as many of Mr. Emery’s pot seeds are sold to American customers. This week, an extradition deal was finally hammered out between US and Canadian authorities that will see Emery spend five years in a Canadian prison, and likely under a year in a US one.
The pro-pot lobby has done a great-deal of hand-wringing over this development, pretending to care about what it means for “Canadian sovereignty” and so on. But really, the man broke the law and is getting punished. He’s no hero, and I don’t understand why he deserves a special status no other criminal gets.
