cannabisnews.com: Michele Kubby Recounts Details of Pot Bust Michele Kubby Recounts Details of Pot Bust Posted by FoM on November 30, 2000 at 07:11:35 PT By Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer Source: Auburn Journal Michele Kubby returned to the witness stand Wednesday to describe a life with husband Steve that revolved around politics and pot.But her composure broke down when she was questioned on the events surrounding a Jan. 19, 1999 law enforcement raid on their rented Olympic Valley home that netted 265 cannabis plants and resulted in 16 drug charges. Fighting back tears, Kubby said that she thought it was "the beginning of the end of my life" when she opened the door and found a Placer County Sheriff's investigator standing with a search warrant in hand. The most serious of the charges they are now on trial for is possession for sale."I knew they would come in and destroy our garden and arrest us," Kubby said. "That was the worst thing that could happen to me in my life." Kubby earlier testified how life was relatively sedate in their mountain home but grew increasingly tense in the months leading up to the search and their arrest.She described how Steve would nurture their indoor garden, clipping the more potent buds and scraping any residue off his gloves to make finger hash. Stalks would be burned in the Franklin stove and buds were stored in plastic jars in a master bedroom closet.Kubby testified that her husband needed the marijuana to live and would smoke it through a bong, pipe or rolled joint throughout the day to avoid symptoms of a rare adrenal cancer he had kept at bay with the drug.The Kubbys would buy sugar cookie mix, whirl up a couple of cups of pot in the blender, mix it up and bake a batch of marijuana laden cookies that would help Steve sleep at night, Kubby said.Michele Kubby said she was smoking pot at the same time to help with her irritable bowel syndrome. Both secured doctor's recommendations allowing them to use and grow marijuana.At the same time, Steve Kubby was becoming a well-known Libertarian Party politician on the state level. After passage of Proposition 215 – a medicinal pot law that he played a major role in getting on the 1996 ballot – he ran for state governor.Kubby said she sought the medical recommendation in 1998 when stress began to aggravate her condition."I believed we were under surveillance," she said. "We lived on a cul-de-sac and would often see suspicious cars. When it snowed, I saw footprints going all around the house."Kubby said that it "probably wasn't very smart" when she and her husband brought some of their homegrown buds to a Sacramento protest against anti-Prop. 215 legislation and showed them to the media. They compared the marijuana to a bottle of aspirin, saying the aspirin killed 1,000 people annually while pot killed no one.The Sacramento County sheriff was across from them when they made the comparison and "stormed out," she said.Kubby also detailed the breakdown in a relationship with Brian Lungren, a neighbor of theirs and brother of then-Attorney General Dan Lungren. Brian Lungren lived seven houses down, she said. Dan Lungren was a staunch opponent of Prop. 215. Before Prop. 215 passed, Brian Lungren would greet them as they walked by each other on nearby trails, she said."Afterward, he wouldn't speak to us anymore," Kubby said. "He would look away to avoid us."Kubby said she was terrified because of the surveillance, had nightmares and couldn't sleep.On Tuesday, Kubby testified that the marijuana grown at her home was for personal medicinal use only. Steve Kubby is also scheduled to testify in a trial that started in early October and now is expected to end in early December.Source: Auburn Journal (CA)Author: Gus Thomson, Journal Staff WriterPublished: November 30, 2000Copyright: 2000 Auburn JournalAddress: 1030 High St., Auburn, CA 95603Contact: ajournal foothill.netWebsite: http://www.auburnjournal.com/Related Articles & Web Site:The Kubby Fileshttp://www.kubby.org/Wife Insists Pot Grown in Home Purely Medicinalhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread7811.shtmlMichele Kubby Testifies There Was No Intenthttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread7810.shtmlWitnesses Line Up To Testify for Steve Kubby http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread7677.shtmlCannabisNews Articles - Steve Kubbyhttp://cannabisnews.com/thcgi/search.pl?K=kubby Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by FoM on November 30, 2000 at 22:27:24 PT I Wish The Kubby's Good Luck Too! I really wish the Kubby's the best of luck and hope everything turns out for them. It has been a long hard road they've been traveling on and I hope it's over soon. Peace, FoM! [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by defenderoffreeworld on November 30, 2000 at 18:04:02 PT: we are with you! I just wanted to let the Kubby's know that they are not alone. I think i speak for everyone when i say that we support them all the way, and that reason shall prevail over nonsense. good luck, kubby's, you are not alone! [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Ethan Russo, MD on November 30, 2000 at 11:30:10 PT: Just a Nice Couple America should scrutinize this story. Are these people hurting anyone? Do they belong in jail? If so, how will that help them, or anyone else? I can conceive of no compelling arguments to support the treatment they have received. 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