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Cannabis Campaigner May Be Forced To Go
Posted by CN Staff on December 21, 2003 at 07:32:24 PT
By Ajay Bhardwaj
Source: Edmonton Sun
Pot activist Steve Kubby - who says he depends on marijuana to ward off a rare form of cancer - is now fighting to stay in Canada. Kubby, 56, is under a departure order from Citizenship and Immigration Canada that would force him, wife Michele, and two daughters, out of the country as early as Jan. 15. The Immigration and Refugee Board denied his application for refugee status. Michele has filed an appeal, but there is no requirement for Federal Court to hear it. 
"We're not going to pack up and leave voluntarily," a defiant Steve Kubby said yesterday from his home in Sechelt, B.C. "We love Canada, we love our new Canadian friends. Please let us stay and let us become tax-paying Canadian citizens." Kubby, who suffers from adrenal cancer, was in Edmonton last year for radiation treatment at the Cross Cancer Institute. But the treatment wasn't effective. Kubby said cannabis is the only medication that helps his condition. He has a Health Canada medical exemption to grow and smoke pot. "I'm going to do what I have to do to save my husband's life," said Michele. If he's forced to set foot on American soil, Kubby said he'll be thrown in jail. "They will not give me marijuana while I'm in jail," he said. "It means in all probability I will suffer heart attacks, seizures and strokes until it kills me."  Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Author: Ajay BhardwajPublished:  Sunday, December 21, 2003Copyright: 2003 Canoe Limited PartnershipContact: letters edm.sunpub.comWebsite: http://www.fyiedmonton.com/htdocs/edmsun.shtmlRelated Articles & Web Sites:The Kubby Defense Fundhttp://www.kubby.org/The Drug War Refugeeshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/smk.htmPot Activist Denied Refugee Status http://freedomtoexhale.com/kubbyruling.htmU.S. User of Marijuana Denied Refugee Status http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17952.shtmlGrass Not Always Greener On The Other Sidehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17937.shtml 
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