Known as the Prince of Pot in the US and Canada, Marc Emery will begin a tour of Ireland’s universities tomorrow to kick-start a discussion on possible reforms of the country’s drug laws.
The cannabis activist has just emerged from a five-year prison sentence following his extradition to the United States for selling mail-order cannabis seeds from Canada.
Based in Vancouver, he has set up the Cannabis Culture Magazine, Pot TV, the BC Marijuana Policy, and Marc Emery’s Cannabis Culture Headquarters.
Along with his wife, Liberal Party candidate Jodie Emery, he campaigns for the legalisation of marijuana. The couple claims that current prohibition policy “enriches gangs while costing taxpayers billions of dollars to enforce, with no clear benefit to society”.
Emery will be joined by Dr João Goulão for the talks in Dublin, Galway and Cork. The Portuguese policy expert was part of the committee that advised its government to decriminalise the personal possession of all drugs in 1999. That advice led to major legal reform to allow people to carry up to 10 days worth of drugs without criminalisation (there can still be fines and other sanctions issued).
Source: Sinead O'Carroll, thejournal.ie, 22/09/14
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