Robert C. Randall
Robert C. Randall (1948 – June 2, 2001) was an American advocate for medical marijuana and the founder of Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics.[1]
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| Born | Robert C. Randall 1948 |
| Died | June 2, 2001 (aged 53) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | College professor |
| Years active | 1975–2001 |
| Known for | Medical marijuana patients’ rights |
| Notable work | Marijuana & AIDS: Pot, Politics, and PWAs in America, Marijuana Rx: The Patients Fight for Medical Pot |
Life and activism
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. The case, United States v. Randall, is "The first successful articulation of the medical necessity defense in the history of the common law, and indeed, the first case to extend the necessity defense to the crimes of possession or cultivation of marijuana".[2]
Writings
Randall, who wrote Marijuana & AIDS: Pot, Politics, and PWAs in America, also documented his accounts in his book, co-written with his wife Alice O'Leary: Marijuana Rx: The Patients' Fight for Medical Pot, ISBN 978-1560251668.
References
- Zielinski, Graeme (8 June 2001). "Activist Robert C. Randall Dies; Won Right to Medical Marijuana". Washington Post.
- Andrew J. LeVay (May 2000), "Urgent Compassion: Medical Marijuana, Prosecutorial Discretion and the Medical Necessity Defense", Boston College Law Review, vol. 41, no. 3, p. 715
External links
- High in America by Patrick Anderson (chapter on Robert Randall)
- Robert Randall at the Drug Policy Forum of Wisconsin
- The New York Times obituary