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Marc Emery wearing his 420 jersey.
Marc Emery wearing his 420 jersey.

Marc Scott Emery (born February 13, 1958) is a Canadian cannabis activist. He is the publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine. He also ran for mayor of the city of Vancouver in 1996 and 2002 and came in fifth the second time. He is sometimes called by the media the Prince of Pot. On July 23, 2006; Emery married Jodie Joanna Giesz-Ramsay.

He is formerly a retailer of Cannabis seeds for cultivation, having started Marc Emery Direct Marijuana Seeds in 1995, which he ran until it was closed by a raid by Vancouver police acting on the request of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on July 29, 2005.

He currently faces extradition to the United States where he faces a possible life sentence, for selling marijuana seeds and laundering the profits into pro-cannabis legalization activities. His outspoken advocacy in favor of legalizing cannabis led the media, beginning with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (later picked up by Bernard Shaw of CNN), to dub him 'The Prince of Pot', a nickname he embraces heartily.

On March 5, 2006, 60 Minutes did a piece on Marc and his struggles against the United States DEA.
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* 1 Early career
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