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Kubby Smokes Marijuana While Waiting for Court
Posted by FoM on August 30, 2000 at 08:49:51 PT
By Jessica R. Towhey, Journal Staff Writer
Source: Auburn Journal 
The unmistakable aroma of pot wafted through the air outside a North Auburn courtroom Tuesday as a small group of medical marijuana users smoked on a grassy patch a short stroll away from the Placer County District Attorney's Office.Led by Steven Kubby, a former gubernatorial candidate who with his wife Michele faces 19 criminal counts of growing marijuana for sale, six persons holding physicians' recommendations lit up joints in a demonstration that provoked no reaction from law enforcement.
Kubby said before the exhibition he was prepared for the possibility of being arrested for asserting his rights under the law to smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes. Four years ago, state voters approved by a 55-45 percent margin the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which allows seriously ill Californians to possess and smoke marijuana with the recommendation of a doctor.Joining Kubby were Jane Weirick, director of St. Martin's Dispensary in San Francisco, and Florida resident Elvy Musikka, one of only eight people in the country enrolled in a federal medical marijuana program."Medicate, guys!" Michele Kubby, who did not participate in the demonstration, said to her husband and friends as each inhaled from joints that closely resembled cigarettes in shape and size.Before striking a match, Steven Kubby said he planned the demonstration to educate the public as to the medicinal properties of the illicit drug. Kubby was diagnosed 20 years ago with malignant pheochromocytoma, a rare form of adrenal cancer that causes the adrenaline in his body to rise to life-threatening levels.Kubby said he has tried conventional medical treatments, but claims only marijuana holds the symptoms of the cancer in check. To that end, Kubby maintains he must smoke roughly every hour and a half.Federal program enrollee Musikka, who lost an eye to conventional treatment for glaucoma 24 years ago, said she receives upwards of 10 joints a day from a pharmacy contracted to provide the Schedule 1 drug. She said she prefers to smoke just half the amount she receives, though, saving the rest for her baking."This is my medicine," she said, extending a large pill bottle filled with joints roughly a quarter inch thick and about 4 inches long.Supervising Deputy District Attorney Gene Gini, one of two county attorneys prosecuting the Kubbys, declined to comment on the political exercise because of the pending litigation. However, prosecutors have argued the 265 marijuana plants confiscated from the couple's Olympic Valley home last January were intended for sale. Prosecutors content that part of the proof is contained in personal bank account records that show an influx of more than $100,000 in mostly cash with few checks over 18 months, prosecutors said.Additionally, investigators in the case have connected Jeff Jones of the Oakland Buyers' Cooperative to the checks.The Kubbys have denied all allegations of criminal activity. Pubdate: Wed, 30 August 2000Source: Auburn Journal (CA)Copyright: 2000 The Auburn JournalContact: Jessica Towhey jessicat goldcountrymedia.comAddress: 1030 High St., Auburn, CA 95603Website: http://www.auburnjournal.com/Author: Jessica R. Towhey, Journal Staff WriterPhone: (530) 885-6585, ext. 143Related Articles & Web Site:The Kubby Fileshttp://www.kubby.org/Kubby Trial Begins http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread6864.shtmlJudge OKs Poll of Pot Trial Jurors http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread6804.shtmlCannabisNews Search - Kubbyhttp://cannabisnews.com/thcgi/search.pl?K=KubbyCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archives:http://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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