The "Prince of Pot" a Step Closer to Returning to Canada

Marc Emery may soon be back in Canada. He's been serving time in a US federal prison since being convicted in 2010 of selling marijuana seeds, but it appears as though the Americans have approved his prison transfer request:

Vancouver’s Marc Emery was given a five-year-prison term in Seattle, Wash., in September 2010 for selling cannabis seeds to U.S. customers over the Internet.
He’s serving his sentence in a medium-security prison on YazooCity, Miss.
But a July 9 letter from the U.S. Department of Justice obtained by The Canadian Press says Emery’s transfer has now been approved.
...the issue is now in the hands of the Correctional Service of Canada and the federal public safety minister, an office that was filled by Vic Toews until his retirement Tuesday.

How sadly ironic that Marc Emery sits in a federal prison while adults in Washington and Colorado can now legally purchase marijuana. Of course, that was the very scenario that those who went after Marc were trying to avoid.
And this is all to Canada's shame, as well. If what Marc was doing was illegal, we should have arrested and charged him. If we had no intention of doing so, then we had no business letting the Americans come in and get him.
Marc's wife Jodie joined us on the program Wednesday evening: