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Prince of Pot's empire in peril [CAN]
    #10367372 - 05/19/09 11:33 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Prince of Pot's empire in peril
May 19, 2009 - theprovince.com

Marijuana advocate says city hall trying to run him out of town

Marijuana activist Marc Emery says the City of Vancouver is trying to smoke him out of town.

Emery has run his political campaign office, magazine and Cannabis Culture Headquarters store out of a West Hastings building in Vancouver for over a decade.

He’s never needed a licence before because his company was run under his political party, the now-defunct B.C. Marijuana Party.

But now he says the city is pulling out all the stops to prevent him from earning a living.

“No one has ever complained about our three businesses in a whole decade,” said Emery, who defended himself before City Hall licencing panel Tuesday.

“Basically they're just haters without a case and they want to hang me out to dry.”

Emery applied for three business licences in December 2008 for his Cannabis Culture magazine, convenience store and marijuana-paraphernalia store.

His applications were rejected on April 9, with city employees citing his 2004 drug-trafficking conviction criminal record.

He argues he was merely passing a joint.

Emery said he feels like he’s being personally attacked.

“This is all about me,” said Emery. “There are a dozen seed stores in this city operating without licences and no one’s charging them for anything.

“We’re not doing anything: we don’t sell seeds, we don’t break the law, we don’t sell marijuana.”

Emery noted that his political advocacy of cultivation, consumption, production and legalization of marijuana was noted twice Tuesday during his rebuttal.

“This is totally related to the Olympics,” he said. “They’re just nervous to show the culture of what Vancouver is really like to the world.

“This is a total political battle. It has nothing to do with passing a joint five years ago, that’s just an excuse.”

He’s scheduled to meet with city officials again on July 21 where he plans to argue the benefits of his enterprises to the city.

“They are grasping at straws to try to keep me out of this city,” said Emery. “They’re trying to censor me and deny me a living because they don’t like me and they don’t like what I’m about.”

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Re: Prince of Pot's empire in peril [CAN] [Re: veggie]
    #10367534 - 05/20/09 12:13 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

fuckin haters


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Re: Prince of Pot's empire in peril [CAN] [Re: Techn9cian]
    #10367633 - 05/20/09 12:42 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Bad move, Vancouver.
I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they recommended turning him over to the US if they ask for him again.


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Re: Prince of Pot's empire in peril [CAN] [Re: buddhabadger]
    #10368117 - 05/20/09 03:44 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

I live in Van, and I'd throw everything I could in to help this man. He fights for us all!

Amazing place, his store, by the way.


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Re: Prince of Pot's empire in peril [CAN] [Re: Drumfiend]
    #10368289 - 05/20/09 05:43 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Ahh, is BC becoming more conservative? Or why do they not want this one man promoting marijuana?


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Re: Prince of Pot's empire in peril [CAN] [Re: neopet nub]
    #10368410 - 05/20/09 06:42 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

lucky bastard all he does is smoke good buds all day.

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