:Marc Emery

At the age of 9, Emery 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.{{Cite web|url=https://dotydocs.theatreinlondon.ca/Archives/Emery/emery%20chrono.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103122553/https://dotydocs.theatreinlondon.ca/Archives/Emery/emery%20chrono.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-01-03|title=A Marc Emery Chronology|website=dotydocs.theatreinlondon.ca|access-date=2024-06-06}}

He dropped out of high school in 1975 at age 17 to purchase a used book store in London, Ontario which he renamed City Lights Bookshop. Emery operated the store for 17 years, selling it in 1992.

Emery moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in March 1994, and founded Hemp BC, a store selling cannabis-related paraphernalia.{{cite web |url=http://www3.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/1307.html |title=HempBC | Cannabis Culture Magazine |publisher=.cannabisculture.com |date=2000-02-08 |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024035114/http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/1307.html |archive-date=2010-10-24 }} Bongs and pipes were illegal to sell or promote in Canada{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalantidrugstrategy.gc.ca/parents/observe/drugs-drogues.html |title=Drug Lingo and Drug Paraphernalia |publisher=National Anti-Drug Strategy |date=2009-07-21 |access-date=2010-08-01}} and were not readily available at the time.

In late 1994, a court challenge sponsored by Emery convinced an Ontario judge to overturn the Canadian prohibition on marijuana and drug-related literature, making it legal for High Times magazine and marijuana grow books to be sold in Canada once more. Emery began selling seeds after attending the High Times Cannabis Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2644.html |title=Marc Emery, Canada's Prince of Pot | Cannabis Culture Magazine |publisher=Cannabisculture.com |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528073713/http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2644.html |archive-date=2010-05-28 }} The business was featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal in 1995.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yyjnqwvaC0wC&pg=PA131 |title=Drug war, American style: the ... – Google Books |via=Google Books|access-date=2010-08-01|isbn=978-0-8153-3405-7|year=2001|last1=Gerber |first1=Jurg |last2=Jensen |first2=Eric L. }} In early 1995 he launched Cannabis Canada Magazine, which was renamed Cannabis Culture magazine in 1998.

The store was raided twice in 1996 and 1997. Emery received charges relating to illegal sales of paraphernalia and seeds, as well as assaulting a police officer.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97/n698/a02.htm |title=Canada: BC: Raid Fails to Get Tokers Off the Pot |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=1997-12-18 |access-date=2010-08-01}} He was later convicted and given a $2,200 fine for the sales and jail time for the assault.{{cite web|url=http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/marc-emerys-sentence-reeks-injustice-and-mocks-our-sovereignty |title=Marc Emery's Sentence Reeks of Injustice and Mocks our Sovereignty | Cannabis Culture Magazine |date=28 September 2009 |publisher=Cannabisculture.com |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/1520.html |title=Marc Emery spits on cops | Cannabis Culture Magazine |publisher=Cannabisculture.com |date=2000-04-23 |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912065317/http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/1520.html |archive-date=2010-09-12 }} Emery was also banned from returning to the 300 block of West Hastings, where his businesses were located.[https://circle.ubc.ca/bitstream/handle/2429/9355/ubc_1999-0176.pdf;jsessionid=6CF4C1BB3593924D9A3BC5C1CCB29AC5?sequence=1 Back to the Future: Some Ideas for the Economic Rejuvenation of Victory Square]

The store was repeatedly raided through 1998 after its sale to the store manager.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98/n940/a07.html |title=Canada: Cafe Raid Sparks Backlash |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=1998-10-11 |access-date=2010-08-01}} Her business licence was subsequently revoked by the city.{{cite web|url=http://vancouver.ca/CTYCLERK/CCLERK/990308/scmins.htm |title=Show Cause (Cannabis) Minutes – March 8/99 |publisher=Vancouver.ca |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web |url=http://www.carillon.uregina.ca/99.03.11/news/hemp.html |title=The E-Carillon: declassified |publisher=Carillon.uregina.ca |date=1999-03-12 |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722173157/http://www.carillon.uregina.ca/99.03.11/news/hemp.html |archive-date=2012-07-22 }} In August 1998, Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen had told The New York Times that Hemp BC was "going to be toast by September."{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98/n726/a01.html |title=Canada BC: In Vancouver, Tolerance Of Drugs Draws Addicts |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=1998-08-21 |access-date=2010-08-01}} Emery switched his walk-in marijuana seed business to mail-order only, and continued to publish Cannabis Culture magazine. In early 2000 he established Pot-TV, a marijuana-related video channel.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1672/a01.html |title=www.pot.tv |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2000-11-06 |access-date=2014-06-09}}http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1678/a04.html Drug news From 1998 until his arrest in 2005, Emery paid provincial and federal taxes as a "marijuana seed vendor" totalling nearly $600,000.

On December 15, 2016, Marc and Jodie Emery opened six illegal Cannabis Culture marijuana "dispensaries" in Montreal, Quebec as an act of "civil disobedience".{{Cite web|url=http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2016/12/14/cannabis-culture-opens-ten-new-marijuana-dispensaries-montreal|title=Cannabis Culture Opens Ten New Marijuana Dispensaries in Montreal|date=2016-12-14|website=Cannabis Culture|access-date=2017-03-12}} On 16 December 2016, Marc Emery was arrested at the Mont-Royal Avenue store, during a series of raids conducted by the Montreal police.{{cite news|author=Christopher Curtis, John Meagher|access-date=2016-12-16|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/police-to-raid-cannabis-culture-marijuana-dispensary-source|work=Montreal Gazette|date=2016-12-16|title=Police raids underway at Cannabis Culture marijuana dispensaries}} Jodie Emery was released later that night with no charges, while Marc was held overnight.{{cite news|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/cannabis-culture-pot-shop-is-back-in-business-a-day-after-police-raid|title=Cannabis Culture pot shop back in business one day after police raid|date=2017-03-11|work=Ottawa Citizen|access-date=2017-03-12|language=en-US}} Following this arrest, Emery continued to open dispensary franchises in cities such as Hamilton and Ottawa.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-pot-dispensary-cannabis-culture-still-closed-after-police-raid-1.4019587|title=Hamilton pot dispensary Cannabis Culture still closed after police raid|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-03-12|language=en}} At one time, a total of 19 Cannabis Culture dispensaries were in operation in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/guilty-pleas-and-an-inside-look-at-the-cannabis-culture-business-1.3726335|title = Guilty pleas and an inside look at the Cannabis Culture business|date = 18 December 2017}}

Emery worked on the New Democratic Party's campaign in London East in the 1979 federal election.{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/how-marc-emery-turned-to-marijuana-activism-1.2707973 | work=CBC News | title=Profile: How Marc Emery turned to marijuana activism | first=Daniel | last=Schwartz | date=2 August 2014 | access-date=2014-08-04}} He was a critic of slow police response times to robberies, advocating for private security officers for merchants and business owners. He started a campaign to eliminate the annual levy tax of $35 a year for downtown improvements, stating that it favoured a handful of the elite. He ran for the Libertarian Party of Canada in the 1980 federal election, finishing fourth in London East.

Emery later left the Libertarians and became a London-area organizer for the libertarian Unparty, later renamed the Freedom Party of Ontario.{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.on.ca/en-CA/CandidatesAndParties/PoliticalParties/RegisteredPoliticalPartiesinOntario.htm |title=Registered Political Parties |access-date=2015-03-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011005129/http://www.elections.on.ca/en-CA/CandidatesAndParties/PoliticalParties/RegisteredPoliticalPartiesinOntario.htm |archive-date=2007-10-11 }} Emery served as the Freedom Party's "action director" from 1984 to 1990. In 1984, Emery, the Freedom Party, and the No Tax for Pan-Am Games Committee (founded by Emery and Metz) successfully campaigned against London's bid for the 1991 Pan American Games, saying the city would lose millions.{{cite web|url=http://www.notaxforpanam.com/ |title=No Tax for Pan Am Games (Toronto, 2015) |publisher=Notaxforpanam.com |access-date=2014-06-09}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdBmCaGLBXM |title=No Tax for Pan Am (Toronto 2015) |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2010-08-01}} Emery ran as a candidate of the Freedom Party in the rural constituency of Middlesex, near London, Ontario in the 1987 provincial election. He received 499 votes for a distant fifth-place finish.

In 1982 and 1985, Emery unsuccessfully ran for alderman in Ward 3 of London, Ontario. In May 1987 during a strike by city workers, Emery paid for truck rentals and volunteers to do the jobs of the striking workers. This caused outrage, leading to the strikers threatening to dump garbage on Emery's front lawn.

He ran for mayor of the city of Vancouver in 1996, 2002 and 2008.

In 2000 he was a founding member of the Marijuana Party of Canada. Emery ran for the Canadian House of Commons as a Marijuana Party candidate in the 2000 federal election. In 2001 he helped found the British Columbia Marijuana Party (BCMP). The BCMP placed fifth in the 2001 provincial election. Emery has been the BC Marijuana Party's president since its founding, and also became party leader in 2003, when Dana Larsen resigned to join the NDP.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1914/a09.html |title=CN BC: Ex-Marijuana Party Leader Goes To NDP |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2003-12-12 |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1907/a10.html |title=Canada: Ex-Marijuana Party Leader To Run For NDP In Federal Election |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2003-12-11 |access-date=2010-08-01}}

In 2003, when the prohibition of cannabis in Canada was in limbo,{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1894/a05.html |title=Canada: Ottawa Stays Pot Charges In 4,000 Cases |publisher=Mapinc.org |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1395/a06.html |title=CN BC: B.C.'s Marijuana Law Doesn't Exist, Judge Rules |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2003-09-16 |access-date=2010-08-01}} Emery launched "the Summer of Legalization" tour, travelling to 18 cities across Canada to openly smoke marijuana in front of police stations.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1138/a10.html |title=Toker Busted Again |publisher=Ottawa Sun |date=2003-07-28 |access-date=2013-01-01}}

In November 2003, Emery endorsed NDP leader Jack Layton during an interview with Layton on the Pot TV program.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOEze0j1cY8 |title=Jack Layton and Marc Emery on Pot TV in 2003 |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-04-28 |access-date=2010-08-01}}[http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2003/200311/20031128.html CBC Radio] November 28, 2003 broadcast. In the 2005 British Columbia election, Emery ran for the BC Marijuana Party, but was defeated.[https://web.archive.org/web/20050430213232/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1114885586480_33/?hub=Canada CTV News] April 30, 2005 CP report. He endorsed Svend Robinson's candidacy in Vancouver Centre during the 2006 federal election campaign.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n019/a06.html |title=CN BC: Emery Urges Pot Party To Pull Out, Back NDP |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2006-01-04 |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1962/a11.html |title=CN BC: Emery Set To Endorse NDP's Svend Robinson |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2005-12-13 |access-date=2010-08-01}}

In the 2009 BC provincial election, Emery supported the Green Party of British Columbia.{{cite web|last=Pablo |first=Carlito |url=https://www.straight.com/article-200892/bc-marijuana-party-endorsing-green-party-provincial-election |title=B.C. Marijuana Party endorses Greens for provincial election | Vancouver, British Columbia |publisher=Straight.com |date=2009-02-15 |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204094716/http://straight.com/article-200892/bc-marijuana-party-endorsing-green-party-provincial-election |archive-date=2010-02-04 }} His wife, Jodie Emery, was the BC Green candidate in Vancouver-Fraserview.{{cite web |url=http://jodieformla.ca/ |title=Jodie Emery for MLA : HomePage |publisher=Jodieformla.ca |date=2009-05-12 |access-date=2010-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305145911/http://www.jodieformla.ca/ |archive-date=2010-03-05 |url-status=dead }} She had sought the Liberal Party of Canada's nomination in Vancouver East for the 2015 federal election, however, her candidacy was disallowed by the party.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/20/jodie-emery-liberal-2015-federal-election_n_6508262.html|title=Pot Activist Still Supports Liberals, Even if Party Won't Let Her Run|date=20 January 2015}} The Liberal Party, which had campaigned on cannabis legalization, secured a majority in the election and legalized cannabis in 2018 with the Cannabis Act.{{cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4285946/marijuana-legal-date-october-17-canada-trudeau-confirms/|title=Marijuana to be legal in Canada starting October 17, Trudeau confirms|last=Scott|first=Monique|date=2018-06-20 |access-date=2021-09-23 |work=Global News}}

Marc Emery endorsed Maxime Bernier's candidacy for the leadership of the federal Conservative Party in 2016 and announced his intention to join the Conservatives in order to vote for Bernier, due to the candidate's libertarian platform.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/09/15/marc-emery-maxime-bernier-conservative-leadership_n_12029026.html|title=Tory Leadership Hopeful Welcomes Support from 'Prince of Pot'|date=15 September 2016}} In the 2019 Canadian federal election, he supported the People's Party of Canada (PPC), which Bernier founded after leaving the Conservative Party.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/09/11/maxime-berniers-new-party-draws-its-first-public-backers.html|title = Maxime Bernier's new party draws its first public backers|newspaper = The Toronto Star|date = 11 September 2018}} He ran for the PPC in London North Centre during the 2021 election, finishing in fourth place with 5% of the vote.{{cite web |url=https://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e |title= Elections Canada |date=2021-09-23 |access-date=2021-09-23 |website=Elections Canada}}

US government officials have described Emery as a drug dealer{{cite news|access-date=2024-06-06|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR2006032801619_pf.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008003000/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR2006032801619_pf.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-10-08|newspaper=Washington Post|date=2006-03-29|title=A Drug Dealer's Toll on Americans}}{{cite news|access-date=2005-08-31|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/canadas-prince-of-pot-faces-extradition/2005/08/30/1125302570332.html|title=Canada's 'Prince of Pot' faces extradition|publisher=The Age|date=2005-08-31|location=Melbourne}}{{cite news|access-date=2024-06-06|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/02/60minutes/main1363340.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023220138/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/02/60minutes/main1363340.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-23|publisher=CBS News|title=The Prince of Pot|date=2006-03-05}}{{cite news|access-date=2024-06-06|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/u-s-seeks-extradition-of-canadian-pot-crusader-1.541778|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329005938/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/07/29/pot-raid050729.html|url-status=live|archive-date=2007-03-29|publisher=CBC News|title=U.S. seeks extradition of Canadian pot crusader|date=2005-07-29}} for his efforts to sell marijuana seeds in Canada and abroad.

In 1991, Emery was convicted for selling copies of 2 Live Crew's rap CD As Nasty As They Wanna Be which had been deemed obscene and banned in Ontario.{{cite web|author=Karen Selick |url=http://www.karenselick.com/CL9609.html |title=A Modern Day Thoreau CL9609.html |publisher=Karenselick.com |date=2000-06-12 |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web |url=http://www.westernstandard.ca/website/article.php?id=2705&start=1 |title=Western Standard – Seeding Sovereignty |publisher=Westernstandard.ca |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002210542/http://www.westernstandard.ca/website/article.php?id=2705&start=1 |archive-date=2009-10-02 }} He was given one year's probation, but immediately after sentencing he began selling marijuana-related literature and High Times magazine, all in violation of Canadian law.{{cite web |url=http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/932.html |title=Censorship in Canada: 462.2 | Cannabis Culture Magazine |publisher=Cannabisculture.com |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606132804/http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/932.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.efc.ca/pages/law/cc/cc.462.2.html |title=462.2 Offence |publisher=Efc.ca |access-date=2010-08-01}} Emery invited local police to his store to arrest him, but the police refused to charge him or interfere.{{cite web |url=http://www.greentide.ca/young.htm |title=:: Green Truth – The Green Tide Shadow Summit :: |publisher=Greentide.ca |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181957/http://www.greentide.ca/young.htm |archive-date=2011-07-06 }} He also sponsored visits from marijuana activists including Ed Rosenthal, Steven Hager, Jack Herer and Paul Mavrides.{{cite web |url=http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/1423.html |title=1999 Flashback – Marc Emery: The Prince of Pot speaks out | Cannabis Culture Magazine |publisher=Cannabisculture.com |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901052500/http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/1423.html |archive-date=2010-09-01 }}

Court documents showed that four American Navy undercover agents attempted to buy marijuana and smoke it at the Vancouver Cannabis Cafe in April 1998. The documents showed the Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents worked in a joint operation with Vancouver police.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99/n626/a02.html |title=Canada: Judge Orders Cannabis Cafe Closed |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=1999-06-10 |access-date=2010-08-01}} Emery was convicted on charges of selling marijuana seeds in 1998, and received a $2,000 fine.{{cite web|last=Mulgrew |first=Ian |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Marc+Emery+sentence+reeks+injustice+mocks+sovereignty/2041190/story.html |title=Marc Emery's sentence reeks of injustice and mocks our sovereignty |publisher=Vancouversun.com |date=2009-09-27 |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001143601/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Marc%2BEmery%2Bsentence%2Breeks%2Binjustice%2Bmocks%2Bsovereignty/2041190/story.html |archive-date=October 1, 2009 }}

On August 19, 2004, Emery was sentenced to 92 days in jail in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Emery had been convicted of trafficking because a witness saw him pass a joint in March 2004.{{cite web |author= Josh Quartier |url=http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/3598.html |title=Marc Emery speaks from jail | Cannabis Culture Magazine |publisher=Cannabisculture.com |date=2010-03-22 |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726032255/http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/3598.html |archive-date=2010-07-26 }} Emery's supporters held an ongoing daily vigil outside the courthouse until he was released.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1451/a06.html |title=CN SN: 'Prince Of Pot' Laments Jail Life |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2004-10-12 |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1213/a08.html |title=CN SN: Pot Protesters Continue Vigil at Provincial Court |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2004-08-26 |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1364/a06.html |title=CN SN: Marijuana Activists Upset Over Emery Conviction |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2004-09-23 |access-date=2010-08-01}} On October 18 he was released from the Saskatoon correctional centre after serving 61 days of his sentence.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1485/a09.html |title=CN SN: Marc Emery Released From Saskatchewan Jail |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2004-10-20 |access-date=2010-08-01}}

File:3804, Saint-Laurent, Montreal - Cannabis Culture shop.jpg in December 2016, leading to his arrest.]]

On July 29, 2005, Canadian police, acting on a request from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1303/a05.html |title=Canada: This Johnny Appleseed Is Wanted by the Law |publisher=Mapinc.org |access-date=2010-08-01}} simultaneously raided the BC Marijuana Party Bookstore and Headquarters in Vancouver and arrested Emery for extradition to the United States outside a storefront in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1326/a01.html |title=CN BC: Marijuana's Martyr |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2005-08-13 |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1230/a06.html |title=Canada: OPED: Just Say No To Uncle Sam's DEA |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2005-08-03 |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1210/a09.html |title=CN BC: 'Prince Of Pot' Arrested |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2005-07-30 |access-date=2010-08-01}}

American authorities charged Emery and co-defendants Gregory Keith Williams and Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek with "'Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana", "Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana Seeds" and "Conspiracy to Engage in Money Laundering". Even though all the alleged offences occurred in Canada, Canadian police did not lay any charges.{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050802/emery_court_050802?s_name=Autos&no_ads= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923092644/https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050802/emery_court_050802?s_name=Autos&no_ads= |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 23, 2021 |title=B.C. pot activist Marc Emery granted bail – CTV News |publisher=Ctv.ca |date=2005-08-02 |access-date=2010-08-01}}

The day of Emery's arrest, American DEA Administrator Karen Tandy made a public statement asserting that the arrest was "a significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in the U.S. and Canada, but also to the marijuana legalization movement."{{cite web |url=http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4685.html |title=DEA Release Admits Marc Emery Extradition Politically Motivated | Cannabis Culture Magazine |publisher=Cannabisculture.com |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725055342/http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4685.html |archive-date=2010-07-25 }} Emery was freed on a $50,000 bail.

File:FDC Seatac.jpg, where Emery resided in 2010.]]

Emery and his two associates, all charged in the United States with drug and money laundering offences, each faced a minimum 10-year sentence and the possibility of life imprisonment if convicted there. On January 14, 2008, Emery agreed to a tentative plea-bargain with U.S. authorities. The terms of the agreement were a 5-year prison term to be served in both Canadian and U.S. prisons.{{cite web|access-date=2008-01-14|url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=e343fa43-da3c-4864-a3fd-999a218650b0&k=80077|title=Emery agrees to 5 years in Canadian prison|work=The Vancouver Sun|date=2008-01-14|author=Mulgrew, Ian|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118004120/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=e343fa43-da3c-4864-a3fd-999a218650b0&k=80077|archive-date=2008-01-18}} In return, he demanded the charges against his associates be dropped.{{cite web|access-date=2008-01-21|url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=2372dbe6-eb70-4743-81c9-d5a4a1e9b5da&k=76805|publisher=The Vancouver Sun|title=Marc Emery's extradition proceedings postponed|date=2008-01-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124194505/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=2372dbe6-eb70-4743-81c9-d5a4a1e9b5da&k=76805|archive-date=2008-01-24}} On March 27, 2008 the plea-bargain deal collapsed because of the refusal of the Canadian government to approve its side of the arrangement.{{cite web|access-date=2008-03-28|date=2008-03-28|url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=15fb70ba-0128-403c-b0a0-0f4029a39e83|publisher=The Vancouver Sun|title=Prince of Pot's deal with U.S. shot down by Ottawa|author=Mulgrew, Ian|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207144709/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=15fb70ba-0128-403c-b0a0-0f4029a39e83|archive-date=2008-12-07}} Emery agreed to plead guilty to one charge of drug distribution and accept a five-year sentence in the USA.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-pot-activist-marc-emery-to-plead-guilty-to-u-s-drug-charge-1.858261 |title=CBC News – British Columbia – Vancouver pot activist Marc Emery to plead guilty to U.S. drug charge |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=2009-06-04 |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web|agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/americas/view/2009_06_03_Canadian_pot_activist_to_plead_guilty_this_summer/srvc=home&position=recent |title=Canadian pot activist to plead guilty this summer |publisher=BostonHerald.com |access-date=2010-08-01}}

During Emery's 45 day incarceration while awaiting extradition to a US federal prison, his supporters held a continuous vigil outside the prison with tents and banners, ending when Emery was released on bail.{{cite web |last=Willett |first=Lindsay D. |url=http://www.orato.com/world-affairs/marc-emery-prince-of-pot-granted-bail |title=Marc Emery "Prince Of Pot" Granted Bail Last Days in Canada Prior to US Extradition |publisher=Orato |date=2009-11-17 |access-date=2010-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205043859/http://www.orato.com/world-affairs/marc-emery-prince-of-pot-granted-bail |archive-date=2009-12-05 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.kelowna.com/2009/09/28/pot-activist-marc-emery-taken-into-custody-for-extradition-to-the-u-s/ |title=Pot activist Marc Emery taken into custody for extradition to the U.S. |publisher=Kelowna.com |date=2009-09-28 |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713143150/http://www.kelowna.com/2009/09/28/pot-activist-marc-emery-taken-into-custody-for-extradition-to-the-u-s/ |archive-date=2011-07-13 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n1035/a07.html |title=CN BC: Emery Out on Bail Till Extradition |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2009-11-18 |access-date=2010-08-01}} On May 10, 2010, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson signed the order for Emery to surrender to authorities, which he did that same day.{{cite news|author=Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/prince-of-pot-will-be-extradited/article1563251/ |title='Prince of Pot' will be extradited |work=The Globe and Mail |date= 2010-05-10|access-date=2010-08-01 |location=Toronto}} On May 20, 2010, Emery was extradited to the United States, pleading guilty on May 24 to one count of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana. On September 10, 2010, Emery was sentenced to 5 years in prison minus time served.{{cite news |author=Hawaiian Daily News |url=http://hawaiinewsdaily.com/2010/09/11/cannabis-activist-marc-emery-sentenced-5-years/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911174030/http://hawaiinewsdaily.com/2010/09/11/cannabis-activist-marc-emery-sentenced-5-years/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-09-11 |title= Cannabis Activist Marc Emery Sentenced 5 Years |access-date=2024-06-06}} While at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac, Washington Emery was locked in a Segregated Housing Unit (SHU) for three weeks as a result of allowing his wife to record a message from him over the phone.{{cite web|url=http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/06/09/Marc-Emery-Put-Solitary-Confinement-US-Prison-Recording-Podcast |title=Week Three: Marc Emery Held in Solitary Confinement |date=9 June 2010 |publisher=Cannabis Culture |access-date=2014-06-09}}

On June 30, 2014, Emery announced his pending release in a blog post on the Cannabis Culture website.{{cite web|last1=Emery|first1=Marc|title=[Marc Emery] Marc Emery's Blog about Marc Emery www.FreeMarc.ca more blog posts Marc Emery: His Final Blog from U.S. Federal Prison|date=30 June 2014 |url=http://cannabisculture.com/blogs/2014/06/30/Marc-Emery-His-Final-Blog-US-Federal-Prison|access-date=8 July 2014}} On July 9, 2014, he was released, having served just over four years of his five-year sentence having earned 235 days of good conduct credit.{{cite web| url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/marc-emery-b-c-s-prince-of-pot-returns-to-vancouver-1.2738700| title = Marc Emery, B.C.'s 'prince of pot,' returns to Vancouver {{!}} CBC News}}

Marc and Jodie Emery were again arrested at Toronto Pearson International Airport on March 8, 2017.{{cite news|last1=Dolynny|first1=Travis|title=Marc and Jodie Emery arrested at Toronto airport|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3298085/marc-and-jodie-emery-arrested-at-toronto-airport/|access-date=9 March 2017|work=Global News|date=March 9, 2017}} He faced 15 charges, including conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, trafficking, possession for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of proceeds of crime. Jodie Emery faced five similar counts. On March 9, 2017, search warrants were given in Toronto, Hamilton, and Vancouver as part of "Project Gator" a Toronto Police Service project that targeted marijuana dispensaries. This was in reaction to Acting Inspector Steve Watts allegations of Cannabis Culture having ties to organized crime.{{Cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2017/03/10/pot-activists-granted-bail-pearson-arrest-raids/|title=Police claim Cannabis Culture dispensaries possibly tied to organized crime|date=2017-03-10|website=CityNews|access-date=2017-03-12}} Five dispensaries in Toronto, one in Hamilton, one in Vancouver, and another in Ottawa were raided and shut down. Police seized $250,000 in cash in several different currencies. The police also searched two homes in Toronto, one in Stoney Creek, Ontario, and one in Vancouver that all had ties to Emery's Cannabis Culture franchise.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2017/03/10/prince-and-princess-of-pot-released-on-bail.html|title='Prince and Princess of Pot' released on bail {{!}} Toronto Star|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=10 March 2017|access-date=2017-03-12|last1=Brait|first1=Ellen}} Some of the dispensaries reopened the next day.{{Citation|title=Video: Cannabis Culture location reopens after raid – CityNews|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2017/03/10/video-cannabis-culture-location-reopens-after-raid/|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-12}} On March 10, Marc and Jodie were granted bail, with conditions limiting or banning their access to marijuana and Cannabis Culture franchises. After a guilty plea, the couple was convicted of drug-related charges on December 18, 2017, fined and placed on two years probation. Three other individuals were also convicted of drug-related charges.{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/pot-activists-marc-and-jodie-emery-plead-guilty-to-drug-related-charges|title=Pot activists Marc and Jodie Emery plead guilty to drug-related charges|newspaper=National Post|date=18 December 2017}} The couple had claimed that the operation of pot shops was a form of civil disobedience, but Justice Leslie Chapin ruled as follows: "No doubt there were pro-social motivations that were behind the actions, but at the same time, I have to recognize that much profit was made".

As a political libertarian, Emery has also protested against Sunday shopping laws, obscenity laws, political endorsement of sporting events, Canadian censorship,{{cite web|title=Citizen Marc: The Adventures of Marc Emery|url=https://dotydocs.theatreinlondon.ca/Archives/Emery/emery%20chrono.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103122553/https://dotydocs.theatreinlondon.ca/Archives/Emery/emery%20chrono.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-01-03}} and several taxes.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

In 2002, Emery founded the Iboga Therapy House, an ibogaine-assisted detoxification therapy program located on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.{{cite web |url=http://www.thismagazine.ca/issues/2008/07/lastrefuge.php |title=This Magazine: The addict's last refuge? |publisher=Thismagazine.ca |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421111232/http://www.thismagazine.ca/issues/2008/07/lastrefuge.php |archive-date=2010-04-21 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n011/a09.html |title=CN BC: Ibogaine A One-Way Trip To Sobriety, Pot Head Says |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=2003-01-03 |access-date=2010-08-01}} Emery and his staff offered free ibogaine therapy to volunteer heroin and cocaine addicts with a plant-based alkaloid called ibogaine, which has been claimed to help people quit addictions.

On October 12, 1997, Marc Emery was featured on CNN Impact in an episode called "Canada Cannabis."{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPxXCojBfGYM |title=The Prince of Pot – Marc Emery and BC Bud on CNN Impact (1997) – Part 1 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2010-08-01}} The announcer referred to Emery as the "Prince of Pot" and the label stuck.{{cite web|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97/n477/a01.html |title=Transcript: CNN IMPACT: Canada Cannabis |publisher=Mapinc.org |date=1997-10-12 |access-date=2010-08-01}}

In 2001, Emery was a featured presenter at Idea City,{{cite web |url=http://www.ideacityonline.com/presenters/marc-emery-0 |title=Marc Emery | Moses Znaimer's ideaCity10: Ideas Change the World |publisher=Ideacityonline.com |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909200300/http://www.ideacityonline.com/presenters/marc-emery-0 |archive-date=2010-09-09 }} an annual gathering of notable Canadians organized by Moses Znaimer. In November 2002, Emery and his guests heckled then US drug czar John Walters during his speech at a luncheon sponsored by the Vancouver Board of Trade.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkFCC49SXCM |title=The Prince of Pot – The John Walters Project – Part 1 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2010-08-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG1-NXWaPoQ |title=YouTube |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2014-06-09}}

Emery is featured in the 2007 CBC documentary film Prince of Pot: The US vs. Marc Emery,{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/thelens/program_231007.html |title=The Prince of Pot: The Lens: CBC News |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=2009-06-02 |access-date=2010-08-01}} and CBC [http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/index.html Doc Zone] episode "[http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2010/cannabiz/ Cannabiz]." He also appears in a 2007 documentary called The Union: The Business Behind Getting High, and the 2007 comedy documentary Super High Me. Emery was the focus of the 2013 feature documentary, Citizen Marc.

In January 2019, several women came forward with allegations of sexual harassment against Emery.[https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/prince-of-pot-marc-emery-responds-to-allegations-of-sexual-harassment 'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery accused of sexual harassment] Published by the Vancouver Sun on January 17, 2019, retrieved on January 19, 2019{{cite web |last1=Connolly |first1=Amanda |title='Prince of Pot' Marc Emery denies allegations of grooming, inappropriate sexual behaviour |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4857759/marc-emery-cannabis-culture-allegations-2019/ |website=globalnews.ca |access-date=17 January 2019 |language=en |date=17 January 2019}} These allegations were denied by Emery in several Facebook posts.{{cite web |last1=Krishnan |first1=Manisha |last2=Browne |first2=Rachel |title=Inside Marc Emery's creepy cannabis empire |url=https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/59xp5q/how-prince-of-pot-marc-emery-used-his-cult-status-to-create-a-toxic-work-culture-canadian-cannabis |website=Vice News |access-date=5 February 2019 |language=en |date=29 January 2019}} As a result of these allegations, Emery was pulled as the keynote speaker from the First International Cannabis Seminar held in Argentina in February 2019. Prior to his removal, two Argentine politicians and a journalist cancelled their appearances in protest of Emery's presence at the conference. Shortly after, the Legalized Summit in Vancouver withdrew Emery's nomination for a lifetime achievement award and removed his estranged wife Jodie as a speaker.{{cite news |last1=Beattie |first1=Samantha |title=Marc Emery Cut From B.C., Argentina Pot Events After Misconduct Claims |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/01/31/marc-emery-argentina-bc-cannabis-events_a_23658026/ |access-date=5 February 2019 |work=HuffPost Canada |date=31 January 2019 |language=en}}

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{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Shane Dyson|7,597|29.07}}

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{{CANelec|BC|Platinum|Stephen Christopher Davis|183|0.70}}

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{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Rob Martin|8,055|21.7 |-0.5}}

{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Marc Emery|197|0.5 |+0.3}}

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