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http://cannabisnowmagazine.com/cannabis/in-history/marc-emery-released-from-u-s-custody
Canadian publisher and cannabis activist turned American federal prisoner Marc Emery was released back into Canada a free man today and says he is ready to get back to work.
“I relaxed four and a half years in prison, that’s enough of that. I did, reading is relaxing. Reading the New York Times every day is relaxing, books are relaxing, doing crosswords is relaxing – boredom is relaxing. I don’t need to go on holiday,” said Emery, addressing a crowd in front of City Hall in Windsor, Ontario shortly after being released from U.S. custody.
Emery, known as the “Prince of Pot”, was released out a side door at a Canadian customs facility in Windsor — a border crossing point from Detroit — shortly before 4:20 pm local time to a crowd of media and supporters. The crowd caravanned Emery and his wife, Jodie, to a press conference set up in front of Windsor City Hall where Emery took the podium in a worn prison-issue white t-shirt and shorts alongside Canadian flags. After four and a half years in a United States federal prison, Emery made it clear that although he is now a free man in Canada, he is ready to get back to work, even if that means heading back to prison.
“I have been arrested 28 times for marijuana civil disobedience, I have been jailed 23 times – the most recent five-year sentence is just the latest and it may not even be the last, if I have to continue to prove my point.”
Canadian publisher and cannabis activist turned American federal prisoner Marc Emery was released back into Canada a free man today and says he is ready to get back to work.
“I relaxed four and a half years in prison, that’s enough of that. I did, reading is relaxing. Reading the New York Times every day is relaxing, books are relaxing, doing crosswords is relaxing – boredom is relaxing. I don’t need to go on holiday,” said Emery, addressing a crowd in front of City Hall in Windsor, Ontario shortly after being released from U.S. custody.
Emery, known as the “Prince of Pot”, was released out a side door at a Canadian customs facility in Windsor — a border crossing point from Detroit — shortly before 4:20 pm local time to a crowd of media and supporters. The crowd caravanned Emery and his wife, Jodie, to a press conference set up in front of Windsor City Hall where Emery took the podium in a worn prison-issue white t-shirt and shorts alongside Canadian flags. After four and a half years in a United States federal prison, Emery made it clear that although he is now a free man in Canada, he is ready to get back to work, even if that means heading back to prison.
“I have been arrested 28 times for marijuana civil disobedience, I have been jailed 23 times – the most recent five-year sentence is just the latest and it may not even be the last, if I have to continue to prove my point.”
