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About Steve Kubby

Steve Kubby is the only 2008 presidential candidate who's played a key role in passing pro-freedom legislation, then gone to court -- and to jail -- defending that legislation. Since the passage of Proposition 215 in 1996, twelve states have adopted "compassionate use" laws to protect patients whose ailments require them to use medical marijuana.

As a founder and director of the American Medical Marijuana Association, Steve Kubby has continued to fight for Americans' right to protect their health without facing political persecution. In that role, he has negotiated with federal regulators, including the Attorney General of the United States, on behalf of patient rights.

Like some other former, current or likely presidential candidates, Steve Kubby is a cancer patient. As a matter of fact, he is the longest-surviving known victim of malignant phenochromocytoma, a rare form of adrenal cancer with a 100% fatality rate within five years. Steve has lived with malignant phenochromocytoma for more than 30 years, and his condition remains under control ... thanks to medical marijuana.

Since his first cancer diagnosis in 1968, Steve has led a National Geographic expedition up Mt. Shasta, flown jet fighter aircraft at the US Navy's "Top Gun" school, skied most of the world's most prominent slopes, conducted exploratory scuba dives in Aruba, Bonaire and the British Virgin Islands, published the number one ski magazine in seven countries, and built a successful property management company, which he sold and which remains in business.

Steve is the author of The Politics of Consciousness (1995) and, with Ed Rosenthal, Why Marijuana Should Be Legal (1996).





Civil Liberties:

Repeal the Patriot Act
Repeal the Military Commissions Act
Enforce the Bill of Rights
For more information, see Steve Kubby's full position paper on civil liberties


Energy & Environment:

Require government and military fleets to go non-petroleum
End taxpayer subsidies to the petroleum and agriculture industries
For more information, see Steve Kubby's full position paper on energy and environment


Foreign Policy & Iraq:

Immediate, unconditional withdrawal from Iraq
Return to America's traditional non-interventionist foreign policy
For more information, see Steve Kubby's full position paper on foreign policy and Iraq

Guns:

No new "gun control" legislation
Repeal of all existing "gun control" legislation
Forbid and prosecute violations of gun rights by government
For more information, see Steve Kubby's full position paper on guns


Immigration:

Open immigration for all peaceful people
For more information, see Steve Kubby's full position paper on immigration


Taxes & Spending:

Veto any and all tax increases, new taxes, and unbalanced budgets -- period.
Work to cut spending, splitting resulting surpluses between tax cuts and debt service.
Work to eliminate the federal income tax.
Until the income tax is eliminated, seek annual across-the-board tax cuts through increases to the personal exemption.
For more information, see Steve Kubby's full position paper on the Taxes & Spending

The War on Drugs:

End it!
For more information, see Steve Kubby's full position paper on the War on Drugs