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There is an article just out from Pravda in Russia too:

Failed pot refugee comes back from Canada to face United States bonds.
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2006/01/27/71920.html


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Jailed medical marijuana advocate said sick without treatment in Redwood City jail.

January 26, 2005, 11:45 p.m.

Bay City News contributed to this report

REDWOOD CITY - A medical marijuana advocate arrested as he disembarked a Canadian flight at San Francisco International Airport tonight became ill in a Redwood City jail due to lack of medication, according to a spokesman for NORML.

Steve Kubby, a cancer patient, began coming ill two hours after his 8:10 p.m. arrest following police refusal to provide Marinol, NORML spokesman D. Gieringer reported.

San Francisco Police Officer George Swartz said Steve Kubby was taken into custody around 8:10 p.m. by San Francisco police.

Swartz said Kubby, who had been deported from Canada, was arrested on a no-bail warrant and was booked into San Mateo County jail.

"I'm really sick already," Kubby told Gieringer by telephone said from jail. "I'm gonna start puking my brains out."

"He says his guards laughed at him when he requested Marinol. Kubby says he hasn't had marijuana for half a day and has begun to experience all of the symptoms of his life-threatening disease -- nausea, headaches, swollen kidneys. He has chills and has not been able to get a blanket from the guards," Gieringer stated.

San Francisco airport police said that they had arrested him at the request of Placer County authorities. They said Kubby will be arraigned in court tomorrow morning, though it wasn't clear where -- in Redwood City, where he is being detained, or in Placer County.

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Pot advocate arrested at SFO after arriving from Canada


[Photo caption:] Medicinal marijuana crusader Steve Kubby speaks to the media with his wife, Michele, at the Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, Canada, prior to boarding a flight for San Francisco on Thursday. Kubby is being deported after losing his refugee application to stay in Canada. Associated Press photo by Richard Lam

Chronicle Staff Report

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Marijuana advocate and former gubernatorial candidate Steve Kubby, a fugitive for several years, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on Thursday night on a plane that arrived from Canada, San Francisco police said.

Kubby co-authored "Why Marijuana Should Be Legal" with marijuana advocate Ed Rosenthal and in 1998 was the Libertarian Party candidate for governor.

According to the New York Times, Kubby fled California in 2001 after police found 265 marijuana plants in his Squaw Valley home. He was sentenced to four months of house arrest and probation -- and fearing it would lead to an eventual prison term in which he would be unable to use medical marijuana to treat adrenal cancer, he fled to Canada.

San Francisco police said he was arrested on a no bail warrant for fleeing the U.S. He was arrested at 8:10 p.m. at SFO following his deportation from Canada.

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MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADVOCATE ARRESTED AT SFO

January 26, 2006, 11:00 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BCN) - A medical marijuana advocate was arrested tonight at San Francisco International Airport as he disembarked from his flight from Canada, according to San Francisco police.

Police Officer George Swartz said Steve Kubby was taken into custody around 8:10 p.m. by San Francisco police.

Swartz said Kubby, who had been deported from Canada, was arrested on a no-bail warrant and was booked into San Mateo County jail.

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KTVU.com - San Francisco Bay Area.

Video: SAN FRANCISCO: Julie Haener Reports On Arrival And Arrest Of Medical Marijuana Activist Steve Kubby.
http://pot.tv/archive/shows/pottvshowse-4131.html and
http://www.ktvu.com/news/6483954/detail.html


http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/uploads/1203681-kubby2.jpg

From Americans for Safe Access page on Steve Kubby.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=1804

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When Steve was sent to jail for a few days, he was deprived of medical marijuana and became seriously ill. His blood pressure shot up to dangerous levels, and his doctor wrote a letter to the court explaining Steve's condition and warning the judge what could happen if Steve was further deprived of cannabis.

"Please consider the consequences of Steve's condition not being controlled," DeQuattro wrote. "His tumor is manufacturing large quantities of norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and possibly epinephrine (adrenaline). Either compound in minute quantities could kill him instantly by causing sudden cardiac death due to arrhythmia or acute myocardial infarction, or sudden death due to cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral vascular occlusion."

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Section 40 from the Canadian government webpage on Steve Kubby. From the part called "MR. KUBBY'S MEDICAL HISTORY"
http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/decisions/public/kubby/kubby_e.htm#medical

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Dr. Connors, an expert in the area of adrenal cancers, and whose curriculum vitae [57] suggests is highly knowledgeable in this area of medicine, testified at the hearing about Mr. Kubby's medical condition. According to Dr. Connors, Mr. Kubby's tumour releases, in excess quantities, hormones normally found in the adrenal gland that are called catecholamines. Excessive levels of catecholamines in Mr. Kubby's blood cause a range of separate symptomatic problems including paroxysmal headaches, sudden flushing or pallor of the skin, palpitations (rapid and irregular beating of the heart), hypertension (sudden dangerous rise in blood pressure), excessive sweating, sudden abdominal cramps and diarrhea, chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea, sudden severe weakness and anorexia (loss of appetite). If not controlled, Mr. Kubby's symptoms could evolve further to the point where a myocardial infarction (heart attack) or cerebral vascular accident (stroke) could occur. [58]

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Numbers in the above quote are for footnotes at the end of the webpage.

The Wikipedia article on Kubby was way out of form. I've made rapid corrections. Could everyone please proof it.

Another victory for the pharmaceutical mob.

The guards laughed at him when he requested Marinol??? The guards think it's funny to deny a man medicine. Do you ever feel that mankind is still in the stone age, only with neon lights?

Or the Dark Ages with night vision goggles? It boggles the mind...

peace and pot

I'm editing very fast- too fast. Seriously, guys, I need some proofreaders for the article. If the story breaks more widely, many people hearing about this will look to Wikipedia for background.

Some doctor should send Kubby Sativex right from Canada, using Fedex ,saying he requires medicine for his illness. Steve is entitled to his legal prescription from a Canadian doctor and it's been approved for study in USA so legally they should not ban it from jail; but I'm no lawyer.

He could have it in days and might save his life ........

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I'm editing very fast- too fast. Seriously, guys, I need some proofreaders for the article. If the story breaks more widely, many people hearing about this will look to Wikipedia for background.

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Good idea. I edit Wikipedia pages sometimes. I hope others can help. People can start right away. No need to login. Just click on the "edit this page" button at the top, or the "edit" link in any section.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kubby

The news is breaking widely. Hundreds of articles already.
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The comment below this NEWS article seems to say Kubby is no longer in custody in the Redwood City Jail and maybe on his way to Placer. Richard Cowan is also mentioning it.