[SJC_Libertarian]

Their 1998 candidate for Governor of California has fled to Canada after a couple of drug convictions.

A bit misinformed, aren't you? Steve Kubby is suffering from Adrenal Cancer, and requires cannabis to control the tendency for his adrenal glands to flood his system with adrenaline (which would kill him). He is a medical patient with a valid doctor's prescription for the "drug".

Yes, he has fled to Canada, his choice being that or imminent death in a Federal prison, since Federal authorities are uninterested in either his medical problem or California's medical marijuana statute.

[Roscoe]

Steve Kubby is suffering from Adrenal Cancer, and requires cannabis to control the tendency for his adrenal glands to flood his system with adrenaline (which would kill him). He is a medical patient with a valid doctor's prescription for the "drug".

A bit misinformed, aren't you?

Kubby's "drug" convictions were for peyote and psilocybin .