DC Alumni Was "Bright And Gutsy"

On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, Douglas College and the Other Press alumni Ian Hunter passed away at Kootenay Lake, near Nelson, BC.

Born in New Westminster in 1961, and educated at DC, Hunter was a well-known marijuana activist who openly challenged BC's marijuana laws. Hunter has been referred to as a marijuana activist, Reverend of the Church of the Universe, the High Priest of Pot, and the Hemp Honcho.

In 1994 Hunter helped to co-found HempBC, a hemp shop on Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver, with Marc Emery. A little while later he moved to Victoria and opened The Sacred Herb, another well-known hemp shop, and became a Reverend of The Church of the Universe.

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