U.S.refugee who smokes pot to fight rare cancer loses bid to stay inCanada

[Wonk]

U.S. refugee who smokes pot to fight rare cancer loses bid to stay in Canada

VANCOUVER (CP) - An American refugee who feared being persecuted at home for smoking pot to fight a rare form of cancer has lost his bid to stay in Canada.

Steve Kubby did not have reasonable grounds to fear cruel and unusual punishment and therefore does not need protection, the Immigration and Refugee Board ruled Monday. "There are no substantial grounds to believe that his removal to the United states will subject him personally to a danger of torture," adjudicator Paulah Dauns said in her written decision. Kubby's wife Michele and their two young daughters were also denied asylum in Canada for the same reasons.

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"If I go back to the United States I'm facing an immediate bailiff's warrant. They'll put me in jail. They're not going to give me marijuana."

California passed Proposition 215 seven years ago to allow medicinal marijuana but patients who use it are still prosecuted by the United States' federal court.

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http://www.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2003/12/08/281137-cp.html

[Military Brat]

1. There are no words to register my disgust at his predicament

Compassionate conservatism, what an oxymoron.

Ashcroft, you are cruel and unusual punishment upon the citizens of this country.

[Cha]

2. That is sooo Bogus!

And so sad that those people don't have ANY compassion! How can they sleep at night?