Pubdate: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 Source: Quad-City Times (IA) Copyright: 2005 Quad-City Times Contact: http://www.qctimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/857 Author: Heath Hancock Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) U.S. FORCES DRUG LAWS ON CANADA Recently, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration went into the sovereign country of Canada, with the help of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and forced its beliefs on another nation. In Canada, Marc Scott Emery is a revered man. In his eleven years in Vancouver, he has brought about some radical change in the Canadian government. When he first moved there, anything having to do with marijuana was forbidden. Now, Marc is the president of the British Columbia Marijuana Party, and he is the owner of a bookstore, Cannabis Culture magazine and Marc Emery Direct Seeds. This is why the DEA raided his bookstore, magazine and political party headquarters. He has been charged with selling seeds in the U.S. through mail-order and Internet sales. His actions aren't breaking any laws in Canada, but apparently he broke U.S. laws. The DEA is seeking his extradition to the U.S. for trial. He has looked into the eyes of his captors and stated that he would give up his freedom and his life to repeal these harmful drug laws. It is wrong to arrest a person from a foreign land because they have laws that differ from ours. Heath Hancock Davenport - --- MAP posted-by: Beth