Marc Scott Emery is a Canadian cannabis and libertarian activist, as well as a former cannabis seed seller, having sold millions of dollars worth of cannabis seeds online. He is the publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine. He also ran for mayor of the city of Vancouver in 1996 and 2002 and came in fifth the second time. He is sometimes called the Prince of Pot. Media and US government sources have described Emery as a drug dealer.
He is formerly a retailer of Cannabis seeds for cultivation, having started Marc Emery Direct Marijuana Seeds in 1995, which he ran until it was closed by a raid by Vancouver police acting on the request of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration on July 29, 2005.