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Wife of failed U.S. medical marijuana refugee pleads to stay in Canada
By Hempology | January 9, 2006
by TERRI THEODORE, Canadian Press,
Jan 13, 2006- The wife of a California man who
uses marijuana to ease his cancer symptoms
wept outside Federal Court on Monday after
pleading her family’s case to prevent his
deportation.
I need to ask the Canadian people for help,
because I’m losing the battle against saving my
husband’s life, Michele Kubby cried. Kubby argued
on behalf of her husband Steve, who was too ill to
attend the hearing.
To remove him from Canada is like removing a
diabetic from his insulin, Kubby told Justice Yvon
Pinard.
Kubby, his wife and two young daughters, had
been told to voluntarily leave Canada by Thursday
or they will be forcibly removed.
Pinard reserved his decision on the application for
a stay of the deportation order without giving a
date for judgment, but he confirmed the family
wouldn’t be removed from the country before he
made his ruling.
The Kubbys’ application is the culmination of a
lengthy legal and refugee claim process the family
has been through since arriving from the United
States in 2001.
Steve Kubby, who has adrenal cancer, was
allowed to smoke medical marijuana in California
and was acquitted in a U.S. court when caught
growing more than 260 marijuana plants at his
home.
However, he was convicted of possessing a small
amount of mescaline and one stem from a magic
mushroom. He was sentenced to three months of
house arrest.
Kubby escaped to Canada shortly after the
conviction and made an unsuccessful refugee
claim to stay in the country.
Michele Kubby said her husband won’t get the
care he needs in jail, and certainly won’t be able
to smoke marijuana while serving his time.
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