Pubdate: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 Source: California Lawyer (CA) Copyright: 2001, The Daily Journal Corporation Section: Flash Backs Contact: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1658 Website: http://www.dailyjournal.com/caLawyer/ Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n000/a239.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/kubby.htm (Kubby, Steve) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California) HIGHTAILING IT TO CANADA Life has not been kind since we reported on his activities in May (California, Esq., "Marijuana Users Strike Back"). As the founder of the American Medical Marijuana Association, he had targeted a number of district attorneys across the state for recall, claiming that they had abused their power by harassing legitimate pot users. But later in May his most visible target, Marin County DA Paula Kamena, won a recall vote by a landslide. Then Kubby himself was forced to flee the country to avoid serving probation for a misdemeanor peyote possession conviction. The 54-year-old activist, who ran for governor of California in 1998 as a Libertarian, now lives near Vancouver and works as an independent video producer selling content to pot-tv.net -- an online cannabis advocacy site -- among other outlets. As a matter of policy, Canada doesn't hand over misdemeanor fugitives, but prosecutors here in California are petitioning an appellate court to boost his conviction to an extraditable felony. Meanwhile, Kubby's main beef seems to be with the local Canadian weed, known as Island Sweet Skunk, which he uses to keep the adrenal cancer that he suffers from in remission. "It's overfertilized and they pick it too early" Kubby grouses. "It really sucks." - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk