Marc Emery the Prince of Pot
Not only is Marc Emery spending time in a US prison for a so called crime that we in Canada couldn’t be bothered to even charge him with – selling pot seeds – but now he is in solitary confinement for breaking a prison rule that was never explained to him. It wasn’t even in the prison rule book he was given.
Marc was having a phone conversation with his wife Jodie and she recorded the call. For some reason that is against prison rules – I’m sure the prison can record any calls it wants but I guess free Canadian citizens who aren’t even in the USA can’t. Bullshit.
This is an outrage. Today Libby Davies wrote an open letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs to request he do something about this cruel and unusual treatment of a Canadian citizen who has not committed a crime of any serious nature. A “”crime”" that has only garnered a $200.00 fine for the few Canadians who have been charged with it here in Canada. So why is Marc being kept alone, without access to his family, without any reading material, and likely very confused about why they are treating him this way for breaking a rule he was not informed of.
Write Marc at the address here and let him know that he’s on the right side of history on this issue and that he’ll pull through. Also be sure to let him know what’s new and exciting in your neck of the woods. Let him know that he is missed and that we are looking forward to his safe and fast return to freedom.
And lets not forget what this is all about. Marc was just trying to point out the obvious to those who choose to put their head in the sand and ignore the failure of the drug war. Drug prohibition has been a colossal waste of scarce tax dollars. Prohibition is taking billions of dollars away from priorities like educating our children and providing health care to every Canadian citizen. I know for a fact that taking money away from prohibition and giving it to worthwhile programs that benefit our society will be a much better use of that money. Turn cannabis into a tax revenue generating product and apply it to health care. All the money saved from enforcing cannabis laws can be sent to education. And you can save a portion of what is made on the sale of cannabis to deal with any negative effects caused by legalizing it. Such as an increase in car crashes (if any), increased health care costs from smoking (if smoked and if proven to be carcinogenic which it hasn’t been), etc.
In the end we’ll all see that what Marc has been preaching is 100% dead on accurate. And all those who allowed Marc Emery to be sent up the river without adding their voice to the outcry will be ashamed of what they did. Or should I say didn’t.
Marc Scott Emery #40252-086 Unit DB
PO Box 13900
FDC SeaTac
Seattle, Washington
98198-1090
USA
