Marc Emery
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Marc Emery at a pro-marijuana rally outside City Hall in Calgary, September 2007.
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| Born |
Marc Scott Emery February 13, 1958 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Residence | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Prince of Pot |
| Occupation | Politician, activist |
| Known for | cannabis policy reform advocate |
| Political party |
Freedom Party of Canada (1978-2000) British Columbia Marijuana Party (2000–present) |
| Criminal charge | selling cannabis seeds |
| Criminal penalty | 5 years in prison |
| Criminal status | Released |
Marc Scott Emery (born February 13, 1958) is a Canadian cannabis activist, entrepreneur, and politician. Often described as 'the Prince of Pot', Emery has been a notable advocate of international cannabis policy reform. He has been active in the New Democratic Party, the Freedom Party of Canada, the Unparty, the Marijuana Party of Canada, and the Conservative Party of Canada as well as the British Columbia Marijuana Party, and the Green Party of British Columbia.
As a political libertarian, Emery has also protested against Sunday shopping laws,obscenity laws, political endorsement of sporting events,Canadian censorship, and several taxes.
Emery has been jailed several times, most notably in 2009 when he served a five-year sentence in a United States federal prison for selling mail-order cannabis seeds into the US. On March 8, 2017, Marc and Jodie Emery were arrested at Pearson International Airport and charged with a number of offenses, including trafficking schedule II, possession, and conspiracy to commit an indictable offense.
Emery lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his wife Jodie Emery.
At the age of 9 he started a business from his parents' home called Stamp Treasure, buying and selling stamps by mail order. Two years later he started another mail-order business called Marc's Comic Room that he started by using the money saved from Stamp Treasure. The business sold used comic books and earned him about $120 a week.
He dropped out of high school in 1975 at age 17 to purchase a used book store on Richmond Street in downtown London, Ontario which he renamed City Lights Bookshop, buying about 2000 books a week and selling 1000. Emery operated the store for 17 years, selling it in 1992.
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