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  1. Robert Randall was the first legal medical marijuana smoker in the United States since 1937. Randall successfully used a medical necessity defense when he was charged with illegal possession of cannabis to treat his glaucoma.

  2. Jan 12, 2021 · in 1976, Robert Randall beat the U.S. in court and became the first person since 1937 to legally use medical marijuana in the United States.

  3. Jun 8, 2001 · Robert Randall, to whom a court gave access to government supplies of marijuana to treat his glaucoma in 1976, died on Saturday at his home here. He was 53 and still smoking government...

  4. In 1976, Randall made legal and medical history when he persuaded a federal court in Washington, DC, that his use of marijuana to treat his glaucoma was a medical necessity. At the same time, he petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for permission to legally use it.

  5. May 8, 2023 · Forty-five years ago, a tenacious glaucoma patient named Robert Randall made history, becoming the first person in the U.S. under prohibition to secure a legal supply of cannabis that was grown, processed and delivered by the federal government itself.

  6. Jun 8, 2001 · Robert C. Randall, 53, who won a landmark D.C. Superior court case in 1976 by arguing that the marijuana growing on his Capitol Hill sun porch kept him from going blind and thus helped launch the...

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  8. Jun 10, 2001 · Sarasota, Florida – Robert Randall, whose landmark court case launched the medical marijuana movement in America, died on June, 2, 2001. He was 53. Randall made legal and medical history in 1976 when a federal court in Washington, D.C. ruled that his use of marijuana for the treatment of glaucoma was a medical necessity.

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