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Steve Kubby, a medical cannabis patient, has been living in Canada with his family for the past five years. Kubby was convicted in 1999 of misdemeanor drug possession (for possessing minute quantities of mescaline and psilocin) stemming from a marijuana raid on his Placer County, California home. With permission of the court, Mr. Kubby and his family moved to Canada in 2001 where he became a legally registered medical cannabis patient with Health Canada to treat symptoms of a rare, life-threatening form of adrenal cancer. Kubby has managed his condition exclusively with cannabis since the 1980s, and is recognized as one of the longest living survivors of the disease.

While Kubby has been living in Canada, the Placer County prosecutor moved to have the misdemeanor conviction upgraded to a felony punishable by jail time. Immigration Canada is now trying to expel Kubby to the United States to serve his sentence, and the case is under consideration by a Canadian federal judge. If he is returned to the United States, Kubby would serve his sentence in Placer County, where he would most likely be denied access to medicinal cannabis.

Medicinal marijuana supporters are being asked to call and/or fax DA Fenocchio and Assistant DA Cattran to ask whether that they would provide medical cannabis to Mr. Kubby, who is an approved patient in the state of California, were he to serve his sentence in their county jail. The theory is that if these prosecutors receive enough calls in support of Mr. Kubby's case, they could be reluctant to imprison him, or become more likely to make sure he receives proper access to his medication. If they refuse to provide access to marijuana, the Canadian government might be reluctant to return Kubby to a country where he would not be given the medical treatment that he needs. Read more

http://www.kubby.com | Further Background | January 9th Statement from Michelle Kubby | NORML