U.S. prosecutor of Prince of Pot joins campaign to legalize marijuana
Source: The Globe and Mail
Linking the trade in B.C.-grown marijuana to drug violence in Mexico and the United States, a former U.S. federal prosecutor on Wednesday added his voice to a growing chorus calling for the drugs legalization.
Gangs affiliated with dangerous drug cartels are distributing marijuana grown in British Columbia its being exchanged for guns and cocaine that come up here (to British Columbia), John McKay, a former U.S. federal prosecutor, said at a press conference held in a downtown Vancouver hotel. So the negative impact of that is more than just proceeds going to Mexican drug cartels but also whats coming back to Canada because of this production. Its not a healthy bounty, if you will, from that production.
Mr. McKay, who resigned from his attorneys role in 2007, was speaking at an event sponsored by Stop the Violence Coalition, a B.C.-based group comprising people from health, law enforcement and other groups pushing for changes to Canadas drug policy.
Mr. McKay was involved in the prosecution of Marc Emery, B.C.s so-called Prince of Pot.
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