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Facing extradition to the United States, marijuana-legalization advocate Marc Emery — known as the “Prince of Pot” — has agreed to serve a five-year prison sense in Canada on charges of money laundering and selling marijuana seeds, the Vancouver Sun reported Jan. 14.

Emery’s case has been a cause celebre for the legalization movement as well as Canadians who chafe at perceived heavy-handed U.S. law enforcement. Along with two associates, Emery was arrested by Canadian police at the request of the U.S. in August 2005, even though Canadian officials had long looked the other way when Emery and others were selling marijuana seeds.

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Black and white Americans use illicit drugs at about the same rate, but blacks are 10 times more likely to be imprisoned on drug charges, according to research from the Justice Policy Institute.

Reuters reported Dec. 4 that the report found that the disparity persisted in most large counties in the U.S. Blacks, who represent 13 percent of the U.S. population, comprise about half of the 175,000 people jailed for drug offenses in 2002.

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