06/05/2007 01:00:00
Canada: Emery, pot paraders demand legalization
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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.
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/National/2007/05/06/4157469-sun.html
Source:
http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=12531
Author:
London Free Press via UKCIA
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