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Canada: Marijuana refugee loses fight to stay in Canada

The Globe and Mail, Canada

Tuesday 19 Jul 2005

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Vancouver -- Marijuana refugee Steve Kubby is facing a return to the United
States after losing his battle to stay in Canada.

Mr. Kubby was convicted in California four years ago of possessing peyote
and a magic-mushroom stem. He received a 120-day sentence, then fled to
British Columbia with his wife and two children .

Mr. Kubby, who suffers from adrenal cancer, says that marijuana helps his
disorder and he won't have access to it in jail.

In 2003, the Immigration and Refugee Board found that there was no evidence
that Mr. Kubby would be denied medical help in a U.S. prison and denied his
application for refugee status, a ruling that was upheld last week. CP

 

 

 

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