His name is Steve Kubby and he has adrenal cancer. He will die from it at some point. He believes marijuana is the only thing keeping him alive.
In prison, law enforcement has had different reactions to Steve. Some are sympathetic, others go out of their way to remind him that he no longer has any rights and is a prisoner. Some completely ignore that Steve has a medical problem and needs special care. One female officer would not let Steve cover himself with blanket while she interrogated him, even though he teeth were chattering and the blanket was sitting right next to him. When Steve gets chills, he is inclined to get pneumonia.
Mostly though, it is the ignorance of a medical marijuana patient’s needs that is the biggest hurdle to overcome. It is as if we live in parallel universes and we don’t want to cross the line to understand each other. This misunderstanding is what is causing so much pain and suffering.
I can only hope that our particular situation can shed light on the darkness surrounding this issue. Steve is willing to put his life on the line so that others will not have too.
We are truly blessed that we have such wonderful supporters and friends. So many others have suffered far worse abuse than Steve and I have – in silence. I just hope that, through shedding light on our suffering, others will be able to be spared what we are going through. I have given up wondering why there is such a violent reaction to someone peacefully puffing on a cannabis cigarette, if I didn’t, I think I would go insane with the absurdity of it all.
From a Hammer of Truth e-mail sent Steve’s wife Michele
Steve Kubby and his wife Michele have spent years of their lives lobbying to make marijuana legal for medical use. They succeeded only to find out that the federal government and the established power structure don’t respect the law when it goes against their own agenda. The federal government has no constitutional authority whatsoever, that I am aware of, to regulate what a private citizen puts into his or her own body. Yet they do, in a flagrant abuse of the trust and authority given to them by the people of the United States.
Over the last four decades, we, as a nation, have allowed do-gooders and know-it-alls to slowly twist the intent of the people who founded this nation. We’ve allowed the creation of a system of power that tells each of us that we no longer own our own bodies and restricts our ability to decide for ourselves what to put into them. The end result of this is that a man dying of cancer does not get to decide his own treatment. A man who has harmed no one is made into an artificial criminal.
Steve Kubby is currently sitting in a jail infirmary. It’s possible he will die there. It’s been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. If Steve Kubby dies in prison, I hope those responsible go to hell for it. Good intentions are not enough.
Using government as the preferred tool to reduce drug use in America is the same as using a hacksaw and hammer to perform brain surgery on someone with clinical depression. What’s even sicker is that the “surgeon” is constantly advertising how amazingly well the procedure is going as evidence to the contrary mounts. The patient always ends up dying.
You use government as a vehicle to defend nations. You don’t use it to enforce your social agenda on other people. You don’t use it to kill the Steve Kubby’s of the world. Shame on you if you support the Drug War. Shame on you for trying to destroy Steve Kubby and others like him.
Why have we made an artificial criminal out of Steve Kubby? Who benefits from this farce? Doesn’t America have enough real enemies to worry about? How many artificial criminals can we afford to create?