cannabisnews.com: Judge Adjourns Pot Exiles Life and Death Hearing Judge Adjourns Pot Exiles Life and Death Hearing Posted by CN Staff on July 20, 2002 at 22:27:13 PT By Jane Seyd, Co-Editor Source: Coast Reporter U.S. pot exile Steve Kubby says he'll have to keep buying marijuana on the black market to stay alive after B.C. Supreme Court adjourned his request for a 'temporary exemption' to drug laws until next month.Kubby had asked to appear before a judge in B.C. Supreme Court in Chilliwack to seek an exemption from drug charges laid after police found marijuana plants at his Sechelt home. Kubby also wants to ask the judge to order police to hand back pot seized by Sechelt RCMP on 'life and death' medical grounds."I'm hoping that a judge will say that under the Charter of Rights, we have the right when there's clearly a medical need to do what we were doing without being treated like criminals," Kubby told the Coast Reporter.But federal prosecutors working on the case told the judge they weren't ready to go ahead with arguments in court on July 15.Kubby called adjournment of his case disappointing. "What part of life and dearth do they not understand?" he said.Kubby, who suffers from adrenal cancer, says smoking pot is the only thing that protects him from heart attacks and strokes which result when his cancer cells start producing extra adrenaline.Steve and Michele Kubby, high-profile medicinal pot activists from California, moved to the Sunshine Coast last year with their children ages six and two. Steve Kubby was arrested on an immigration warrant in April after coming to the attention of Sechelt RCMP in media reports about medicinal marijuana.U.S. officials want Steve Kubby to serve a four-month jail sentence for a California conviction for possessing a trace amount of hallucinogenic mushroom.The Kubby's say that isn't possible because Kubby wouldn't be allowed access to the marijuana they say is keeping him alive.Following an immigration hearing on the Lower mainland, the couple returned to the Coast and applied for political refugee status as members of a persecuted social group.The Kubby issued a writ to the B.C. Supreme Court earlier this month after hearing that an applicant was successful in a similar case that came before the B.C. Supreme Court at the end of June.The writ says "the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act fails to adequately exempt persons from criminal liability who possess or produce marijuana for personal medical use." Jane Seyd's e-mail address: janeeditor dccnet.comNewshawk: http://www.pot-tv.netSource: Coast Reporter (CN BC)Author: Jane Seyd, Co-Editor Published: July 20, 2002Copyright: 2002 Coast ReporterContact: judd dccnet.comWebsite: http://www.suncoastbc.net/news_info/index.htmlRelated Articles & Web Site:Pot-TVhttp://www.pot-tv.netSupreme Court Adjourns Life or Death Appeal http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13430.shtmlCouple Files 'Life and Death' Writhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13324.shtmlDrug Refugees - Report Newsmagazine http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13224.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #2 posted by The GCW on July 21, 2002 at 06:41:24 PT INTERTWINED yeah. It makes Me think, if that little old lady didn’t not let the gov cage and kill humans for using a plant, they would not be robbing her either.It is said that if the world would’ve stopped the Turks from persecuting the Armenians, that it would have never happened to the Jews. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by The GCW on July 21, 2002 at 06:36:13 PT off,but coincides with cannabis today. By George! Jefferson knew There are two extremely timely quotes from Thomas Jefferson that demonstrate that the founding fathers knew exactly the dangers of our current government philosophy:"I hope we shall ... crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country." -Thomas Jefferson,to George Logan, 1816."There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents ... the artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provision should be made to prevent its ascendency."-Thomas Jeffersonto John Adams, 1813LYNN HIGHLANDMorrison(this was in the LTEs of a paper today written about the corp. bull... but it seems that because of cannabis prohibition, where We literally separate Ourselves from the Truth, on the very 1st page of the Bible... everything is game and it is ALL intertwined together.THOSE WHO WILL CAGE AND KILL A HUMAN FOR USING A PLANT WILL ALSO ROB YOU BLIND.JUST ASK THE LITTLE OLD LADY BELOW!)Robber barons Some years ago, I was held up by gunpoint after leaving a theatre. They stole my purse. It contained $60, two credit cards and my checkbook. You can stop activity in your checking and charge-card accounts with a few phone calls. So it cost me $60. The thieves were arrested, so eventually my money was returned.I am 71 years old. I retired six years ago. I rolled over my profit sharing in to an IRA. My car is 15 years old. I work 20 hours a week so I can pay my bills. My IRA account has dwindled to below my original amount. CEOs used their position, power and advantages to rob me. They didn't need a gun, but they are worse than the thieves that stole my purse. And, by George, they are going to get away with it.MARY GOULDCentennial [ Post Comment ] Post Comment