Quite true, but that was in 2005 and he was also very high profile, dubbed ‘the prince of pot’, was publisher of Cannabis Culture Magazine, founder of a marijuana legalization group, president of the Marijuana Party of Canada, and he openly sold and sent seeds to the US from Canada. Since then 8 states have legalized weed, as well as DC, and Canada will likely legalize weed next year.
So… keep it on the down low, trade seeds, don’t sell them, and trafficking charges are really hard to make stick. Or move to Ecuador where there is no extradition treaty with the US.