1 hr 30 min
Cannabis critic turned cannabis enthusiast, Jodie is a former co-owner of Cannabis Culture, a business that franchised pot dispensaries which was later deemed to be illegal and shut down by police. Rebranding Cannabis
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Jodie Emery, aka the Princess of Pot, is 35-year-old public speaker, political activist and business owner. She was born and raised in Kamloops, BC and graduated from St. Michael's University School in Victoria. In 2004 Jodie, moved to Vancouver to work with the famous activist Marc Emery, and became editor of Cannabis Culture Magazine in early 2005. Marc and here got married on July 23rd, 2006.
Jodie has participated in numerous conferences and activist events in Canada and the United States, including legalization ballot initiatives in California and Washington in 2010 & 2012; IdeaCity in June 2012, 2014 and 2015; the New Hampshire Liberty Forum in February 2012; the Boston Freedom Rally in 2012 and 2013; the Canadian Investor Conference in 2014; and many more.
In 2009, she represented the BC Green Party in Vancouver-Fraserview for the provincial election and was appointed as the Olympic Critic and Policing & Crime Critic. The riding became a "high-profile" race with significant media attention, and where she ran for the BC Green Party again in the 2013 provincial election in Vancouver-West End. Jodie spent 2014 running to be the Liberal Party of Canada candidate in Vancouver East, another high-profile campaign when incumbent Libby Davies retired. She managed to generate months of cross-country media profiles, interviews and discussion about marijuana legalization.
Jodie's Op-Eds have been published in the Huffington Post and National Post, and dozens of letters printed in newspapers. She's been interviewed and featured on various TV, radio, newsprint, and in documentary films. From 2013-2015 she made regular weekly appearances on Global TV's "BC1" to discuss the news.
When her, now ex-husband, Marc was extradited to the United States in May 2010, Jodie became owner and operator of their store, vapor lounges and media offices in downtown Vancouver.
Jodie Emery, aka the Princess of Pot, is 35-year-old public speaker, political activist and business owner. She was born and raised in Kamloops, BC and graduated from St. Michael's University School in Victoria. In 2004 Jodie, moved to Vancouver to work with the famous activist Marc Emery, and became editor of Cannabis Culture Magazine in early 2005. Marc and here got married on July 23rd, 2006.
Jodie has participated in numerous conferences and activist events in Canada and the United States, including legalization ballot initiatives in California and Washington in 2010 & 2012; IdeaCity in June 2012, 2014 and 2015; the New Hampshire Liberty Forum in February 2012; the Boston Freedom Rally in 2012 and 2013; the Canadian Investor Conference in 2014; and many more.
In 2009, she represented the BC Green Party in Vancouver-Fraserview for the provincial election and was appointed as the Olympic Critic and Policing & Crime Critic. The riding became a "high-profile" race with significant media attention, and where she ran for the BC Green Party again in the 2013 provincial election in Vancouver-West End. Jodie spent 2014 running to be the Liberal Party of Canada candidate in Vancouver East, another high-profile campaign when incumbent Libby Davies retired. She managed to generate months of cross-country media profiles, interviews and discussion about marijuana legalization.
Jodie's Op-Eds have been published in the Huffington Post and National Post, and dozens of letters printed in newspapers. She's been interviewed and featured on various TV, radio, newsprint, and in documentary films. From 2013-2015 she made regular weekly appearances on Global TV's "BC1" to discuss the news.
When her, now ex-husband, Marc was extradited to the United States in May 2010, Jodie became owner and operator of their store, vapor lounges and media offices in downtown Vancouver.
1 hr 30 min