A Canadian man who occasionally calls himself "666" has been charged with sending a series of death threats to federal prosecutors in Seattle on the eve of Marc "The Prince of Pot" Emery's extradition to the U.S. to face drug charges.

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Update: It appeared dead, but SB 117 has risen from the grave: Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper selected it as one of seven bills that will be addressed in a special legislative session. Additional details after the jump.

The Colorado state legislature failed to act last week on a proposal to establish a THC blood limit for impaired drivers. The measure was nearly identical to the DUI provision included in I-502, the Washington ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

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Marc Emery, British Columbia's so-called Prince of Pot, has endorsed marijuana legalization initiative I-502. In staking out his position, Emery sided with the man who put him in prison--former U.S. Attorney for Western Washington John McKay--and gave a tongue lashing to the initiative's critics.

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Seattle City Hall is set to host some 4/20 festivities today, specifically a debate about I-502, the ballot initiative that proposes legalizing, taxing, and selling marijuana in state-run stores. Sadly, the showdown is not scheduled to begin at high noon.

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The only part of the Miranda warning that the average citizen knows is, "You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." In other words, when DEA agents raid the medical marijuana grow-op in your garage, if you tell them that you've been giving weed to your kids ages two, five, and seven, you'll end up hearing about it in court.

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Norm Stamper, the former SPD chief turned outspoken critic of the war on drugs, says claims from the opponents of Washington's initiative to legalize marijuana about federal preemption and rampant DUI arrests are a throwback to the old "Devil's weed" propaganda campaigns.

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Updated Thursday at 10:32 a.m. with additional analysis of the arrest spike in Nevada.

After Nevada enacted a strict "per se" law restricting the amount of THC motorists are allowed to have in their blood, drugged driving arrests increased a whopping 76 percent statewide. But when a similar policy took effect in Ohio, arrests there decreased by a modest 4.8 percent. Such is the conflicting data recently presented by NORML, which further muddies the debate about Washington's proposal to legalize marijuana and start treating stoned drivers like drunks.

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Few things are more unnerving than the sight of red and blue lights flashing in the rear-view mirror, particularly for a paranoid pot smoker. Here are a few pro-tips to survive such a situation.

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Our feature story this week examines the unusual controversy surrounding I-502, the ballot initiative that proposes legalizing, selling and taxing marijuana in Washington. The measure would also establish a limit for THC blood content for drivers -- sort of like the .08 limit for booze -- and that has caused some longtime crusaders for marijuana legalization to vehemently oppose it. They worry the proposed standard is low enough that stoned drivers would be at risk of being busted for DUI, even if they're driving stone cold sober. But is that fear supported by science?

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The Rev. DeMaris Strohm-Hughes believes that weed is a holy sacrament. She also thinks medical marijuana users ought to have a place where they can go out to a nice meal and smoke a bowl at the same time. Her former landlord, however, is arguing in court that she neglected to pay more than $9,000 in rent as she endeavored to make her prayers come true.

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