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Pot advocate denied refugee status in Canada
CBC News ^
| 08 Dec 2003
Posted on 12/08/2003 4:03:46 PM PST by yonif
VANCOUVER - A U.S. medical marijuana advocate who sought refugee status in Canada had his claim rejected Monday.
Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board ruled that Steve Kubby did not have a well-founded fear of being persecuted or tortured, or that there was any risk to his life if he returned to his home state of California.
Kubby had said the 120-day jail term he was ordered to serve in California on minor drug charges would be a death sentence.
He claimed if he did not smoke pot every hour he would die from complications from adrenal cancer.
Kubby fled to British Columbia in 2001 to avoid the jail sentence. He then filed a refugee claim to avoid being deported.
The board noted that California does permit the medical use of marijuana in some cases.
The board also ruled against the refugee claims of Kubby's wife, Michele, and their two daughters.
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:03:47 PM PST
by
yonif
To: yonif
A U.S. medical marijuana advocate who sought refugee status in Canada had his claim rejected Monday. Geez...what was he smoking??
; )
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:07:46 PM PST
by
Prime Choice
(Leftist opinions may be free, but I still feel like I'm getting ripped off every time I receive one.)
To: yonif; Texaggie79
He claimed if he did not smoke pot every hour he would die from complications from adrenal cancer. Dude, that's far out.
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:12:25 PM PST
by
BrooklynGOP
(www.logicandsanity.com)
To: yonif
A U.S. medical marijuana advocate who sought refugee status in Canada had his claim rejected Monday.
What a knucklehead.
To: yonif
He claimed if he did not smoke pot every hour he would die from complications from adrenal cancer. I'm an advocate of medical marijuana, but I call BS on that one.
To: yonif
LOL! I'm shocked... shocked!
I get to read a lot of Canadian immigration cases for my job and they let EVERYONE in.
I guess even the Canadians have a hard time believing that if he didn't smoke pot every hour on the hour he would die...
To: ClintonBeGone
What a knucklehead. He was laughing at the US a few days ago ...
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posted on
12/08/2003 6:52:39 PM PST
by
cinFLA
To: Britton J Wingfield
I'm an advocate of medical marijuana, Do you also advocate for legalizing crack?
8
posted on
12/08/2003 6:53:41 PM PST
by
cinFLA
To: cinFLA
Entirely seperate issue, but yes. I couldn't care less if some idiot wants to kill himself that way.
To: yonif
A U.S. medical marijuana advocate who sought refugee status in Canada had his claim rejected Monday.On the bright side, however: his attorneys have explained this latest setback to him, and he's fully expected to comprehend what's just happened by sometime three or four weeks from now... tops. :)
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posted on
12/08/2003 7:57:34 PM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("The Clintons have damaged our country. They have done it together, in unison." -- Peggy Noonan)
To: Britton J Wingfield
Entirely seperate issue, but yes. I couldn't care less if some idiot wants to kill himself that way. You ducked the question. Are you in favor of legalizing crack?
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posted on
12/09/2003 9:32:10 AM PST
by
cinFLA
To: cinFLA
Let me repeat myself:
Entirely seperate issue, but yes.
To: Britton J Wingfield
Entirely seperate issue, but yes. NOT. You pro-drug legalizers use medical marijuana as the nose under the tent for total drug legalization. George Soros has documented this strategy as his first assault on the drug laws by gaining 'sympathy' from those on the fence about our drug laws. You have been outed.
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posted on
12/09/2003 10:36:43 AM PST
by
cinFLA
To: Wolfie; vin-one; WindMinstrel; philman_36; Beach_Babe; jenny65; AUgrad; Xenalyte; Bill D. Berger; ..
WOD Ping
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posted on
12/09/2003 12:21:43 PM PST
by
jmc813
(Help save a life - www.marrow.org)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
ROTFL!
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posted on
12/09/2003 12:23:02 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Your joy is your sorrow unmasked." --- GIBRAN)
To: cinFLA
Who paid you to ask that question?
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posted on
12/09/2003 12:25:16 PM PST
by
Protagoras
(Vote Republican, we're not as bad as the other guys.)
To: cinFLA
BS. I gave my dad marijuana during chemo and it worked wonderfully. If anyone in my family ever smoked crack I'd slap them silly.
Some drugs are theraputic, some are pernicious, and most are both.
How do you feel about medicinal cocaine? Should it be banned because some idiots have managed to destroy their lives with a street version of the drug?
To: Protagoras
Who paid you to ask that question? Who paid you to ask that question?
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posted on
12/09/2003 12:53:52 PM PST
by
cinFLA
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To: cinFLA
George Bush
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posted on
12/09/2003 12:56:40 PM PST
by
Protagoras
(Vote Republican, we're not as bad as the other guys.)
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