cannabisnews.com: U.S. Pot Activist Waits on Appeal U.S. Pot Activist Waits on Appeal Posted by CN Staff on August 11, 2004 at 12:11:59 PT By Dan Palmer, Edmonton Sun Source: Edmonton Sun A pot activist who uses the weed to cope with cancer - and who once shared a bong with Edmonton-born Tommy Chong - will stay in Canada, for now. "I was very happy to get lost in the court system," Steve Kubby, 57, said yesterday. Kubby and his family, all born in the United States, are still waiting to see if a Canadian Federal Court will hear their appeal after Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board denied their refugee status application in December 2003. Steve wanted Canada to grant him refugee status because he claims he would be persecuted for his medical pot use in the United States. His wife, Michele - with whom he has an eight- and a four-year-old daughter -- appealed their case to the Canadian Federal Court on the grounds that U.S. federal law doesn't recognize the use of medical marijuana. "We're in legal limbo land," said Michele. "I really don't mind." Steve was granted a Canadian federal exemption to smoke and grow marijuana in 2002 to help treat his adrenal cancer. That makes him one of the 781 people in Canada currently allowed to possess marijuana for medical purposes. Steve was also in Edmonton in 2002 to receive radiation treatment at the Cross Cancer Institute, but it wasn't effective. The Kubbys still don't know when or even if the Federal Court will hear their appeal. "It's on a judge's desk," said Michele. Steve has said he was Richard "Cheech" Marin's college roommate in California. He got to know Chong in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Author: Dan Palmer, Edmonton SunPublished: August 11, 2004Copyright: 2004 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://www.freedomtoexhale.com/smk.htmReefer Refugee Loses Asylum Claim in Canadahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17935.shtmlPot Advocate Denied Refugee Status in Canada http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17934.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #4 posted by Richard Paul Zuckerm on August 12, 2004 at 07:45:05 PT: AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF RETALIATION The Canadian Government should grant relief to Mr. Kubby because this is an extraordinary case, highly publicized, by a witch hunt government, well known to Retaliate against critics. The Canadian Government should take into consideration that the United States Government is in cahoots with The Pharmaceutical Cartel described by Dr. Matthias Rath in the complaint of Genocide to the United Nations, www.gulfwarillnesses.com/news/RATH.htm. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by RasAric on August 11, 2004 at 20:25:34 PT Cowardly but effective?..... You got that right. Congrats to the Kubbys. Stay healthy and safe Steve and family. One Love!! [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Sam Adams on August 11, 2004 at 15:10:11 PT Good news This is great, it looks like Canada may have found a workable solution - lose the paperwork. Cowardly but effective, Congratulation Steve! [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by potpal on August 11, 2004 at 12:21:35 PT Walters on the brain... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3556464.stm [ Post Comment ] Post Comment