KUBBY FACES MARIJUANA CHARGES IN CANADA

Canadian authorities have charged expatriate Placer County medical cannibas
activist Steven Kubby with cultivating marijuana and possession for the
purpose of trafficking.

Sechelt, British Columbia Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported that
following Kubby's arrest Tuesday for an immigration hearing, Kubby's
Sechelt home was searched "resulting in the seizure of a sophisticated
marijuana grow operation."

A total of 160 marijuana plants were found in the search, resulting in
charges against Kubby of both production of a controlled substance and
possession for the purpose of trafficking, police said.

Kubby's wife, Michele, who co-anchors Internet-based Pot-TV with her
husband, was also charged with the same allegations in connection with the
cannabis grow, the RCMP said.

Kubby issued a statement Saturday saying that he was released from jail on
$7,000 bail Friday, and despite a three-day stint in jail "no permanent
damage has been done." Kubby has been diagnosed with a rare form of adrenal
cancer and contends heavy marijuana smoking keeps the disease at bay.

Kubby, 56, has been a fugitive living in Canada since he failed last summer
to appear for a 120-day jail sentence in Auburn resulting from his
conviction on charges of peyote and magic mushroom possession. He had been
acquitted on pot possession for sale charges related to a January 1998 raid
on his Olympic Valley home that netted 265 pot plants.

A former Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate, Kubby said returning to
Placer County to serve his jail term would be a "death sentence" because of
his medical condition.

Michele Kubby said Saturday that her husband's blood pressure had risen
dramatically during incarceration by Friday, causing him severe vomiting
and diarrhea and a weight loss of 20 pounds. He had been denied the use of
marijuana while in jail.

Kubby's immigration attorney Alex Stojicevic couldn't be reached for
comment Saturday.