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April 12, 1999  

KUBBY SEEKS IMPLEMENTATION OF PROP. 215 IN ORANGE COUNTY

ORANGE COUNTY, CA. Steve Kubby, who played a key role in the passage of Prop. 215 and an outspoken advocated of medical marijuana has a new goal on his busy political agenda: Implementing California’s medical marijuana law in conservative Orange County.

The former gubernatorial candidate, who is now facing 19 charges with his wife for growing his own medicine in Placer County says the mood is much healthier in Orange County where a new District Attorney and Sheriff have already shown a willingness to recognize the new medical marijuana law.

Kubby has been meeting with community leaders to discuss the Oakland ordinance and how the successful new ordinance is working so smoothly that even the Oakland police support it.

Another concern that Kubby is discussing with community leaders is, "the bullying attitude of the Drug Czar, an un-elected, non-accountable official, who continues to violate California law by threatening patients, doctors and their elected officials."

"I intend to convince Orange County officials that they are not at risk of legal actions against them or patients by the Attorney General or the Feds. Attorney General Lockyer has already gone on record that he won’t interfere with local plans for implementation. As for the Feds, the DEA in California has historically refused to prosecute cases involving less than 400 plants, far below the 144 plants allowed by the Oakland ordinance," says Kubby.

"O.C. officials will receive great media coverage for finding a successful means for implementing the Compassionate Use Act. No county has found a way to implement our two year old medical marijuana law and O.C. officials would gain national headlines as the first."

According to Kubby, implementation of the Compassionate Use Act is best done at the county level, since the county health department can issue its own, secure patient IDs. "Health Department IDs, if done properly, will not violate patient confidentiality or expose them to criminal investigation. At the same time, these official health department IDs would protect police by providing for easy identification of legal patients."

Kubby says he is looking forward to working with officials to find a legal and humane plan for allowing other patients such as himself to grow their own medicine, under the strict guidelines of an Orange County law similar to the Oakland ordinance.

Bill Lockyer the new Attorney General who was elected partly on his promise to implement Prop. 215, says his hands are tied until the Feds reschedule marijuana, but Kubby disagrees.

"The California Constitution is very clear on this. According to Article III Section 3.5, an administrative agency has no power to declare a statute unenforceable or to refuse to enforce a statute on the basis that federal law or federal regulations prohibit the enforcement of such statute unless an appellate court has made a determination. No such determination has been made, or even sought for our new medical marijuana law, so no one can legally argue that they cannot enforce Health and Safety Code 11362.5 because of Federal law."

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(1) LIBERTARIANS STAND BY THEIR OWN

• Announcements

(2) KUBBY TO SPEAK IN KANSAS CITY

(3) LA TIMES STORY RE-SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY

(4) RECALL ELECTION AGAINST PLACER COUNTY D.A.

• Media Coverage

(5) SACRAMENTO NEWS AND REVIEW: The Hidden War

(6) SACRAMENTO BEE: Medical Marijuana Collides With Power Politics

(7) OC WEEKLY’S chilling report of Kubby arrest

(8) OC REGISTER: OPED: Outrage In Law

(9) WASHINGTON TIMES: The Kubby Case

(10) SF BAY GUARDIAN: "Reefer Madness"

• Hot Links

(11) MARIJUANANEWS.COM

(12) THE PETER McWILLIAMS MALL

(13) INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (IOM) REPORT

(14) THE OAKLAND ORDINANCE

(15) CHRIS CONRAD, EXPERT WITNESS

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(16) CLASSIC MEDICAL MARIJUANA ‘GREEN CROSS’ LAPEL PINS

(17) SOUTH PARK COMMERCIAL AVAILABLE ON VIDEO TAPE

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(1) LIBERTARIANS STAND BY THEIR OWN

By Steve Kubby

While Democrats and Republicans fight to outspend each other supporting the War on Drugs, the Libertarian Party is firmly opposing the War and supporting those on the front lines.

The Libertarian Party certainly has stood by us in our time of need. My wife Michele and I are medical marijuana patients and played a key role in the passage of Prop. 215, the medical marijuana initiative. We were following the same law we helped pass when we were raided by a SWAT team and dragged off to jail.

After our illegal arrest, the authorities issued damning statements which described us major drug dealers. Instead of abandoning us as politically incorrect, the Libertarian Party rushed to our support and publicly blasted the authorities for their illegal actions.

Within a few weeks, thousands of dollars arrived in our mail box. Nearly all of those contributions were from big ‘L’ Libertarians, i.e. card carrying members of the Libertarian Party.

Today, we are preparing for the battle of our lives, thankful that we belong to a political party that stands by their own. In a time when politics has become so sleazy, it’s refreshing to know that the Libertarians can be counted on when the going gets rough.

Some have told us that the Libertarian Party isn’t big enough to be viable in politics. Well, as Tip O’Neil once observed, "Politics is local." For us, after being robbed at gunpoint and then thrown in jail, it’s as political and as local as it gets. We are grateful that the party we chose to support has not hesitated to support us and medical marijuana.

The Libertarian Party may not be the biggest or the most powerful, but it’s a great group of folks who are there when you need them.

The California Libertarian Party:
E-mail: director@ca.lp.org
Web: http://www.ca.lp.org/

• A n n o u n c e m e n t s—

(2) KUBBY TO SPEAK IN KANSAS CITY

MOKAN LIBERTARIAN CONVENTION

• M e d i a C o v e r a g e—

 (5) SACRAMENTO NEWS AND REVIEW: The Hidden War, by Mike Pulley examines the war against patients. http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n191.a03.html

(6) SACRAMENTO BEE: Medical Marijuana Collides With Power Politics, by columnist Peter King. "http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99/n166/a03.html"

(7) OC WEEKLY’S CHILLING REPORT OF KUBBY ARREST, by Victor Infante "http://www.ocweekly.com:80/ink/archives/99/21news5-infante.shtml"

(8) OC REGISTER: OPED: Outrage In Law, by Alan Bock, Senior Editor
"http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99/n079/a02.html"

(9) WASHINGTON TIMES: The Kubby Case, by Tom Elias
"http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99/n194/a07.html"

(10) SF BAY GUARDIAN: "Reefer Madness" by Randall Lyman "http://www.sfbg.com/News/33/27/Features/reefer.html"

 

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 (11) MARIJUANANEWS.COM This popular site, created and run by former NORML Director Richard Cowan, provides a great resource for marijuana news, issues and comment. Daily updates: http://www.marijuananews.com/

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We have a limited quantity of the classic ‘GREEN CROSS’ LAPEL PINS used in the Prop. 215 campaign. These pins feature a bold red cross with a bright green marijuana leaf covering it. This is the same pin worn by Dennis Peron and other leading activists. These enameled metal crosses are about an inch across and includes a separate spring loaded clasp. To get your own pin, just mark "Green Cross" on your check for $25 or more and get your own ‘GREEN CROSS’ LAPEL PIN while they last.

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