Prince of Pot Still Awaits Fate
June 1st, 2009 by Rick
U.S. drug officials call him one of the top 50 drug traffickers in the world, having been attributed to helping $2.2 billion worth of pot being grown. Marc Emery, the self-proclaimed Prince of Pot, has had a target on his back since the last days that his company, Emery Seeds, had been selling cannabis seeds via mail order to buyers world-wide.
I had a very good reason for selling those seeds. [...] I wanted to defeat the U.S. war on drugs.
Two of his employees had already plead guilty for their involvement and both are awaiting sentencing in July, where two years probation was recommended. It’s apparent that they didn’t want the little fish, just Moby Dick.
After being arrested 21 times and going to jail another 17, you’d think Emery would lay low. Still being an activist and involving himself politically on the front of marijuana legalization, Emery, leader of the Overgrow the Government movement, is a big whale, perhaps one of the largest out there.
Emery is also ready to become a martyr to the cause:
Dying as a victim of the state’s cruelty would really help a person like me. The way you die is very important. [...] Martin Luther King was killed and that’s very important to his legacy.
Emery agreed that he would plead guilty in Seattle to one count of distributing marijuana if all other counts are dismissed. Apparently the U.S. District Attorney is gunning for a sentence of five to eight years in a U.S. prison. Emery thinks August will be the magic date and after his sentencing, he’s planning on having all his supporters rally to have him be moved to a Canadian prison.
