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Former Libertarian candidate for governor and long-time medical
marijuana refugee Steve Kubby lost his eleventh-hour appeal for asylum
in Canada Jan. 20 when Federal Justice Yvon Pinard rejected his suit to
avoid deportation to the US.
Immigration Canada promptly returned Kubby, his
wife, Michele, and their two young children to the US, where he was
arrested. He has been allowed to use marinol, but denied medicinal
cannabis.
Kubby fled to Canada with his family five years ago to avoid a short
jail stint he called a death sentence due to his rare medical condition
that requires up to an ounce of cannabis per day to control. Otherwise,
his adrenal cancer can cause life-threatening blood-pressure spikes
that his doctors say are controlled by his cannabis use.
Kubby, active in the Prop 215 campaign and a gubernatorial
candidate in 1998, was arrested in Placer County. His wife was
acquitted of all charges in 2001 while Kubby was sentenced to four
months in jail for possession of a peyote button and a psilocybin
mushroom after jurors acquitted him of charges that he was growing
cannabis in his basement and selling it.
Kubby argued that he had the cactus and mushroom as an illustration
for a book he wrote on the drug war, not for sale or consumption. The
amounts were usable for testing purposes, but not enough for a
psychedelic experience.
Judges in Placer County ordered his original misdemeanor
convictions converted to felonies when he fled, so he could face
significantly more prison time than his original sentences.
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