By: Joseph Klare, High TimesThe "Prince of Pot," Marc Emery, has been sentenced to five years in United States prison under the terms of his plea agreement.
Marc was given his sentence in a federal courthouse in Seattle, WA on Friday. Arrested by Vancouver police in 2005 at the behest of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Marc was accused by U.S. authorities of being one of the foremost drug dealers in the world because of his pot seed-selling business.
After years of fighting extradition from his home country of Canada, Marc relented last year so that his co-defendants would not be charged in the United States. Marc’s supporters are now trying to get him moved to Canada so that he may serve his sentence closer to home.