Pubdate: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 Source: Globe and Mail (Canada) Copyright: 2005, The Globe and Mail Company Contact: http://www.globeandmail.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/kubby.htm (Kubby, Steve) MARIJUANA REFUGEE LOSES FIGHT TO STAY IN CANADA Vancouver -- Marijuana refugee Steve Kubby is facing a return to the United States after losing his battle to stay in Canada. Mr. Kubby was convicted in California four years ago of possessing peyote and a magic-mushroom stem. He received a 120-day sentence, then fled to British Columbia with his wife and two children . Mr. Kubby, who suffers from adrenal cancer, says that marijuana helps his disorder and he won't have access to it in jail. In 2003, the Immigration and Refugee Board found that there was no evidence that Mr. Kubby would be denied medical help in a U.S. prison and denied his application for refugee status, a ruling that was upheld last week. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom