Steve Kubby has lost 25 pounds. Medi-pot patient in jail. Prop 215 coauthor.

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http://gallery.marihemp.com/albums/auburn2006jan31/prop215.jpg

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UPDATE
Spoke with Steve today. He's lost 25 pounds and has had blood pressure problems due to the poor diet he is being fed. He also has had shingles for three weeks, indicating that his immune system is failing.

The jail feeds the inmates with the lowest quality, most processed food available. They do not believe this is affecting Steve's health, but his weight loss is getting quite dramatic. I am personally very concerned that he will not make it through this situation specifically because of the diet he is being fed.

We are gathering information about the importance of diet and cancer because we are hoping to educate the jail about the danger they are
putting Steve in with their poor food quality. So far, the jail has been very stubborn about offering Steve food that will nourish his body's particular needs.

I am so angry at this poor treatment of Steve. Maybe if we all call the jail and try to educate them about the danger they are putting him in, they would relent and let us provide healthy food. So far, they won't even let us give him food.

This is quite odd, because the jail has a deal with McDonald's to provide food from the outside.

This is such a sick situation. I hope that it all ends up O.K. The girls and I have so many wonderful plans for our future together as a family. I pray we can see them come to fruition.

-Michele


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Photos. Auburn, California, USA. Jan. 31, 2006. Steve Kubby court support rally.
http://gallery.marihemp.com/auburn2006jan31

Steve Kubby, Jan. 28, 2006, discussing his health in jail before and after receiving Marinol (the THC cannabinoid found in cannabis): "I entered the Placer County Jail around noon yesterday. At that time my blood pressure was one-seventy over one-twenty, and I reported that I had passed blood in my urine. I also reported that I had one of the most severe blood-pressure attacks of my life, with chest pains for the first time ever for me, and I became so disoriented that I collapsed and I injured my back and head." ... Pat McCartney: "Steve, did you receive the Marinol?" Steve Kubby: "Yes, that has been a godsend for me. The blood has stopped passing through my urine. My kidneys, which were just throbbing with pain, are starting to calm down, and it's not doing what cannabis does for me, but it's keeping me alive. I am so grateful for that." - Above excerpt is from this longer phone interview from jail:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/01/1799342_comment.php

UPDATE [from Michele Kubby at http://www.kubby.com around Feb. 23, 2006]. "Spoke with Steve today. He's lost 25 pounds and has had blood pressure problems due to the poor diet he is being fed. He also has had shingles for three weeks, indicating that his immune system is failing. The jail feeds the inmates with the lowest quality, most processed food available. They do not believe this is affecting Steve's health, but his weight loss is getting quite dramatic. I am personally very concerned that he will not make it through this situation specifically because of the diet he is being fed. We are gathering information about the importance of diet and cancer because we are hoping to educate the jail about the danger they are putting Steve in with their poor food quality. So far, the jail has been very stubborn about offering Steve food that will nourish his body's particular needs. I am so angry at this poor treatment of Steve. Maybe if we all call the jail and try to educate them about the danger they are putting him in, they would relent and let us provide healthy food. So far, they won't even let us give him food. This is quite odd, because the jail has a deal with McDonald's to provide food from the outside. This is such a sick situation. I hope that it all ends up O.K. The girls and I have so many wonderful plans for our future together as a family. I pray we can see them come to fruition."
-Michele

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Much info on medi-pot patient, and Proposition 215 co-author, Steve Kubby's Jan. 26, 2006 arrest, incarceration, and dangerous medical problems in the Placer County jail in Auburn, California since then. Steve Kubby nearly died the first day or 2 in the Placer County, California jail in both 1999 and 2006 when he was without cannabis or cannabinoids such as Marinol (THC, a cannabinoid found in cannabis). His rare form of adrenal cancer, malignant metastasized pheochromocytoma, when untreated by cannabis, can produce dangerous adrenaline spikes that can cause hypertensive episodes of high blood pressure, which according to his doctors could kill him through heart attack, stroke, etc.. His doctors have said that he is one of the longest living survivors of this deadly adrenal cancer. Please go to kubby.com to see how you can help Steve Kubby to be allowed to continue to use Marinol in jail. Info compiled at these links:
http://www.kubby.com
http://www.indybay.org/drugwar
http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=4140
http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/showflat.php?Number=1205086
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/messages/1222 List archive.
http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5406
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kubby
http://www.mapinc.org/kubby.htm Media archive.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1804 Background.
http://technorati.com/search/steve%20kubby Blog search.
http://search.blogger.com/?q=steve+kubby Blog search.
http://blogs.icerocket.com/search?q=steve+kubby&ex=1 Blog search.
1999 Dr. Vincent DeQuattro, M.D., letter to court:
http://www.hempevolution.org/kubby/dr_quattro_letter.htm and deep in this page, too:
http://www.kubby.com/ComplaintGrandJury.OC.html (see attachment 4).
2006 Dr. Joseph Connors, M.D. quotes from Los Angeles Times article:
http://gallery.marihemp.com/auburn2006jan31
Cannabinoids inhibit pheos cancer and noradrenaline spikes. Studies copied partway down this page:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/message/1227
Steve Kubby jail interviews. Jan. 28-30, 2006. Medi-pot patient in grave danger. With his doctors' assessments:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/01/1799342_comment.php
Steve Kubby reports from jail. Jan. 31 through Feb. 2, 2006. Marinol (the THC cannabinoid) is helping:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1799964.php
Google News indexes the last few weeks of news from many media sources. Steve Kubby search shortcuts:
http://news.google.com/news?q=steve+kubby Sorted by relevance.
http://news.google.com/news?q=steve+kubby&scoring=d Sorted by date.
Google News results archive for hundreds of Steve Kubby media articles since Jan. 2006:
http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/e/kubby-googlenews.htm
Steve Kubby articles at Indybay.org/drugwar. Site search result links are archived here:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/message/1229
Above links are compiled at this photo gallery for Jan. 31, 2006 court rally: http://gallery.marihemp.com/auburn2006jan31

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The following 2 link URLs do not always work when pasted into some forums or email. One because of the quote substitutes (%22) in the URL, and the other because the URL is very long. They work when clicked here, though.
Google News phrase search for Steve Kubby (uses quotes around the phrase):
http://news.google.com/news?scoring=d&q=%22steve+kubby%22
Wikinews.org article:
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Steve_Kubby,_co-author_of_California_Proposition_215,_grows_dangerously_ill_in_US_custody

Quotes:

The first quote below is from this really good, detailed, article:

Los Angeles Times. January 28, 2006.
Medical Marijuana Activist Returns to State, Is Arrested
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-kubby28jan28,0,5549008.story?coll=la-news-politics-california

Quote (emphasis added):

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Kubby's oncologist in Canada expressed worries Friday that his rare form of cancer, pheochromocytoma, could threaten his life if he isn't allowed to continue using cannabis. Since the cancer was diagnosed a quarter century ago, Kubby, 59, has smoked up to a dozen marijuana cigarettes a day.

"The possibilities of what might happen are of a wide range, either from nothing much at all to that he might become sick and die," said Dr. Joseph Connors, an oncologist and University of British Columbia clinical professor.

Connors said there was no reason to subject Kubby to that risk. The cancer specialist has examined Kubby extensively and said he believed marijuana has kept the worst symptoms of his cancer in check.

"There's no other reasonable explanation for how he's done so well for so many years," Connors said.

Connors said a tumor in Kubby releases dangerous levels of substances called catecholamines — colloquially known as adrenalin — into his blood. Results can range from heart palpitations and shortness of breath to heart attack, stroke or even death in a "catecholamine storm," Connors said.

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-----More info from oncologist (cancer specialist) Dr. Joseph Connors: ----

Section 40 from the Canadian government webpage on Steve Kubby. From the part called "MR. KUBBY'S MEDICAL HISTORY"
http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/decisions/public/kubby/kubby_e.htm#medical

Quote:
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Dr. Connors, an expert in the area of adrenal cancers, and whose curriculum vitae [57] suggests is highly knowledgeable in this area of medicine, testified at the hearing about Mr. Kubby's medical condition. According to Dr. Connors, Mr. Kubby's tumour releases, in excess quantities, hormones normally found in the adrenal gland that are called catecholamines. Excessive levels of catecholamines in Mr. Kubby's blood cause a range of separate symptomatic problems including paroxysmal headaches, sudden flushing or pallor of the skin, palpitations (rapid and irregular beating of the heart), hypertension (sudden dangerous rise in blood pressure), excessive sweating, sudden abdominal cramps and diarrhea, chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea, sudden severe weakness and anorexia (loss of appetite). If not controlled, Mr. Kubby's symptoms could evolve further to the point where a myocardial infarction (heart attack) or cerebral vascular accident (stroke) could occur. [58]

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Numbers in the above quote are for footnotes at the end of the webpage.

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Photos. Auburn, California, USA. Jan. 31, 2006. Steve Kubby court support rally.
http://gallery.marihemp.com/auburn2006jan31

The photos are for the Jan. 31, 2006 rally outside the Placer County courthouse in Auburn, California. They were found at hempevolution.org and there is a blog there with info about the rally, court proceedings, etc.. See the blog entries for the end of January 2006:
http://www.hempevolution.org
http://www.hempevolution.org/blog

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