WILL STEVE KUBBY BECOME A MEDICAL CANNABIS MARTYR? PLEASE COPY AND DISTRIBUTE DrugSense FOCUS Alert #321 - Saturday, 21 January 2006 Today two large newspapers published articles about Steve Kubby. The Los Angeles Times article, titled 'Medical Pot Advocate Loses Bid To Bar Deportation From Canada' is at http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n089/a01.html And one of Canada's national newspapers, the Globe and Mail, published an article titled 'Marijuana Activist May Be Deported to U.S. - Return Could Mean Death, Wife Says' which is at http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n089/a05.html The Globe and Mail article says "Judge Pinard, who was a federal cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau, said it "remains speculative" that Mr. Kubby will be jailed in the United States, or that he will be denied adequate medical care." Remains Speculative? So the Canadian government is willing to take a chance that just maybe Steve Kubby will live when jailed at the border, while being transported to California, and then jailed -- despite all the facts that indicate otherwise? The Globe and Mail article also states "A senior official at the Placer County jail said that Mr. Kubby could not have marijuana in custody. He could be prescribed Marinol, a synthetic form of THC, the official said." but goes on to Mr. Kubby's response "He explained that Marinol is not effective in coping with his cancer, and stressed that, apart from his health concerns, "the problem is that no one wants to admit this is political." " So there we have it, Placer County officials still today are willing to play doctor with Steve Kubby's life - in violation of their oaths of office and the constitution of the state which makes clear that they must follow California law, even in jails. Synthetic THC is only one of the medically active ingredients in cannabis - Steve Kubby must have other cannabinoids found in cannabis to live! While it is important to write Letters to the Editor in support of Steve -- many targets may be found at http://www.mapinc.org/kubby.htm -- we also encourage you to Please contact the Canadian Ministers who can stop the deportation. Please go to Steve's website for contact instructions: http://www.kubby.org/ Thanks for your effort and support. It's not what others do -- It's what YOU do Prepared by: The Media Awareness Project of DrugSense =.

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