Pubdate: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Copyright: 2006 The Vancouver Sun Contact: http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/477 Alert: Will Steve Kubby Become a Medical Cannabis Martyr? http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0321.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/kubby.htm (Kubby, Steve) JUDGE UPHOLDS ORDER FOR POT ADVOCATE TO LEAVE CANADA Federal Court Judge Yvon Pinard upheld Friday an immigration department decision that international medical cannabis advocate Steve Kubby and his family must leave Canada. The Federal Court of Appeal has refused to consider the case, Kubby said, so his family fears every knock on the door could be immigration authorities come to deport them. Pinard said in his judgment that Kubby faced no undue risk from returning to the U.S. where he faces imprisonment for 1999 drug convictions. A cancer patient who uses marijuana to relieve some of his symptoms, the former Libertarian candidate for governor of California worries his health will deteriorate and he will die if imprisoned without access to pot. "No jail in the U.S. allows the use of medical marijuana," his angry and distraught wife Michele Kubby said. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom