Kubby Faces Marijuana Charges in Canada |
Posted by FoM on April 21, 2002 at 07:25:33 PT By Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer Source: Auburn Journal Canadian authorities have charged expatriate Placer County medical cannibas activist Steven Kubby with cultivating marijuana and possession for the purpose of trafficking. Sechelt, British Columbia Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported that following Kubby's arrest Tuesday for an immigration hearing, Kubby's Sechelt home was searched "resulting in the seizure of a sophisticated marijuana grow operation." A total of 160 marijuana plants were found in the search, resulting in charges against Kubby of both production of a controlled substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking, police said. Kubby's wife, Michele, who co-anchors Internet-based Pot-TV with her husband, was also charged with the same allegations in connection with the cannabis grow, the RCMP said. Kubby issued a statement Saturday saying that he was released from jail on $7,000 bail Friday, and despite a three-day stint in jail "no permanent damage has been done." Kubby has been diagnosed with a rare form of adrenal cancer and contends heavy marijuana smoking keeps the disease at bay. Kubby, 56, has been a fugitive living in Canada since he failed last summer to appear for a 120-day jail sentence in Auburn resulting from his conviction on charges of peyote and magic mushroom possession. He had been acquitted on pot possession for sale charges related to a January 1998 raid on his Olympic Valley home that netted 265 pot plants. A former Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate, Kubby said returning to Placer County to serve his jail term would be a "death sentence" because of his medical condition. Michele Kubby said Saturday that her husband's blood pressure had risen dramatically during incarceration by Friday, causing him severe vomiting and diarrhea and a weight loss of 20 pounds. He had been denied the use of marijuana while in jail. Kubby's immigration attorney Alex Stojicevic couldn't be reached for comment Saturday. Source: Auburn Journal (CA) Related Articles & Web Sites: Pot-TV Medical Marijuana Activist Kubby Arrested California Men Face Hearing in Canada Kubby Busted While in Canada Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
Comment #4 posted by FoM on April 21, 2002 at 16:10:11 PT |
Good job! [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #3 posted by Jose Melendez on April 21, 2002 at 15:32:12 PT:
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I agree completely. Excessive use of polysyllabic terminology tends to be confusing to editorial professionals, who seem to prefer to print vague, ambiguous and often misleading information about cannabis. Hopefully I will soon break my habit of using words with too many syllables, perhaps then my letters to the editor will be published more often, or with less editorial deletions... If anyone would like to assist me in this endeavor, please feel free to read a couple of my letters as published, and offer suggestions and/or corrections, so that I might improve my writing style in a manner that is likely to reach a wider audience. :)From:*http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n333/a08.html?11125 See also: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n209/a05.html?11125 [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #2 posted by lookinside on April 21, 2002 at 11:25:47 PT:
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Great letter. Of course, they won't figure out your point. You used some words with more than one syllable. [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #1 posted by E_Johnson on April 21, 2002 at 11:07:48 PT |
Sechelt, British Columbia Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported that following Kubby's arrest Tuesday for an immigration hearing, Kubby's Sechelt home was searched "resulting in the seizure of a sophisticated marijuana grow operation." Here's my letter of the day: Dear editors, I am amazed by the stream of unquestioned contradictory information coming out about marijuana users in the news media. On the one hand, the common stereotype, spread with glee by the press, is that pot makes people stupid and unsophisticated. On the other hand, according to law enforcement officers in charge of busting the people who grow the stuff, marijuana grow ops show enormous technical complexity and sophistication. So which is it? Sophisticated or unsophisticated? Are potheads people who can't pour pee out of their own boots with the instructions on the bottom, or are they people smart enough be able grow marijuana in an old boot using a sophisticated hydroponic system? Since society feels strongly enough about what pot does to the brain to put people in prison over it, I think we need to reconcile these two disparate pictures of the intelligence of people who regularly use marijuana. [ Post Comment ] |
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