MARIJUANA FUGITIVE ARRESTED AT AIRPORT

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 United States. He was arrested at 8:10 p.m. at SFO after
his deportation from Canada.