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Newsbrief:
BC
Marijuana
Party
Head
to
Run
for
Vancouver
Mayor
5/3/02
Pot-seed empresario Marc
Emery, the millionaire head of the British Columbia Marijuana Party, has
announced that he will run for mayor of Vancouver, the province's largest
city. He told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on April 25 that
he will emphasize marijuana legalization, police practices and civil liberties
in his campaign, and that he will be backed by a full slate of Marijuana
Party candidates running for seats on the city council and park board.
Emery told CBC he had no
illusions about winning the office, but he wanted to draw public attention
to police maltreatment of marijuana users and growers. With an estimated
10,000 marijuana grow-ops in the city, Vancouver police raid grows on an
almost daily basis, arresting growers, seizing children and fining landlords.
"I'll be running on a campaign expressly about police corruption and police
abuse and the terrible subjection of our liberties that has gone on in
[outgoing Mayor] Philip Owens' last three terms," said Emery.
Emery placed fifth out of
58 candidates when he ran for mayor in 1996. The BC Marijuana Party
gained 3% of the vote in parliamentary elections last year, but suffered
defections over Emery's unabashed desire to control the direction of the
party because he controlled the purse-strings. His is perhaps the
most prominent voice in the Canadian marijuana legalization movement.
In addition to his seed company, he is owner of Cannabis Culture magazine
and has a long history of run-ins with the police. Just weeks ago,
his home was raided in the predawn hours by police carrying a search warrant
for a grow operation. None was found.
Outgoing Mayor Owens came
out for marijuana legalization last March (http://www.drcnet.org/wol/230.html#mayorowen).
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Issue #235, 5/3/02
Editorial: Return of the Drug Czars | Former British Drug Policy Head Says Legalize it All | Thai Police Death Squads Accused of Killing Drug Dealers | South Dakota Amendment Would Give Criminal Defendants Right to Argue Merits, Applicability and Validity of Laws | Summer Concert Bust Season Gets Early Start in Alabama -- Rockers Can Take Steps to Protect Themselves, Say Advocates | It's National Drug Court Month -- Do You Know What You're Getting for Your Money? The Government Doesn't, Says GAO | Newsbrief: Washington Says Colombian Military Meets Human Rights Conditions, Frees More Money | Newsbrief: Japan to Outlaw Magic Mushrooms, Loophole Slams Shut | Newsbrief: China Faces Plague of Yuppie Dopers as Disposable Income in Cities Rises | Newsbrief: Prospects Dimming For Vermont Medical Marijuana Bill | Newsbrief: Italian Legislative Body Asks for Medical Marijuana | Newsbrief: BC Marijuana Party Head to Run for Vancouver Mayor | Newsbrief: Eleven House Pages Fired for Marijuana Use -- NORML Offers Them Jobs | Newsbrief: Connecticut Carpenters Strike Over Wages, Drug Testing | Web Scan: De Greiff, Blumenson, Weitzel, GAO, Canada | Errata: Drug War Race | The Reformer's Calendar
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