Here's a Letter to the Editor I sent to the Auburn Journal recently. It's about medical marijuana activist/icon Steve Kubby -- it concerns this story, and the letter about that story which is at the top of this page. (There is a lot more background material at Kubby.com.)
Here's what I sent in--
To the Editor:
Shortly after one of your readers said that he hoped Canada would keep Steve Kubby and save Placer County the cost of incarcerating him, Canada made its decision to refuse Kubby's plea for political refugee status. Still, your reader was right to hope that no more of Placer County's resources would be wasted pursuing this folly of a prosecution.
Your reader also observed that Kubby was receiving a "very soft sentence" for the mushrooms and peyote that were found at his house nearly 5 years ago. Well, since he hasn't been shown to have harmed anyone, and since he is a productive family man who is anything but a problem drug user -- just what sort of sentence should he get? He should get something greater than being hassled for 5 years, being bankrupted and losing his home and business? He should have a harder punishment than the torment of worrying about whether he'll be alive to raise his children, or whether he'll die while being denied his medical cannabis, as Peter McWilliams did?
As a Libertarian, I feel that my friend and colleague shouldn't have had to deal with any of this craziness. Kubby never hurt anyone and should have been left alone. Nobody's better interests are served by continuing to persecute him and his family.
Sincerely,
Lance Brown
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