{"id":894,"date":"2012-07-01T07:18:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T07:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=18502"},"modified":"2012-07-01T07:18:38","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T07:18:38","slug":"important-dates-in-marijuana-history-november-24-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/important-dates-in-marijuana-history-november-24-1976\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Dates in Marijuana History: November 24, 1976"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/important-dates-in-marijuana-history-november-24-1976\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"193\" height=\"261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robert-randall.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"robert randall\" title=\"robert randall\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-18503\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/important-dates-in-marijuana-history-november-24-1976\/attachment\/robert-randall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-18503\" title=\"robert randall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robert-randall-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The famous and brilliant marijuana advocate, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petermcwilliams.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter McWilliams<\/a>, often used to cite the fact that the U.S. government does in fact provide marijuana to a handful of people.\u00a0 He would say he just wanted to join the elite group.\u00a0 While the fact that the federal government is providing four people with marijuana is becoming more well known, many of us do not recognize how this contradictory program came to be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medicalmarijuana.procon.org\/view.resource.php?resourceID=000143\" target=\"_blank\">November 24, 1976<\/a> is one of the most important dates in medical marijuana\u2019s history.\u00a0 On this date federal Judge James Washington ruled that<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Randall_%28advocate%29\" target=\"_blank\"> Robert Randal<\/a>l could legally use marijuana out of legal necessity.\u00a0 Mr. Randall became the first person in the United States to be granted the legal right to use marijuana since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ephidrina.org\/cannabis\/taxact.html\" target=\"_blank\">1937<\/a>.\u00a0 He suffered from glaucoma and cultivated his own supply of marijuana to alleviate symptoms associated with his condition.\u00a0 He was arrested but as stated above,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drugpolicy.org\/docUploads\/randall.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> US v. Randall<\/a> would become a landmark case and launch the medical marijuana movement.<\/p>\n<p>As with successful movements, a superior understanding of the charges, authorities, and legal rights granted can often be the best weapon to bringing about true change.\u00a0 Randall utilized a little known defense at the time called <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doctrine_of_necessity\" target=\"_blank\">The Common Law Doctrine of Necessity<\/a>.\u00a0 A judge agreed and thus the government was forced to create a program for distributing medical marijuana.\u00a0 At its peak the program served 14 patients but still provides marijuana to 4 of the remaining participants.\u00a0 The program is rarely covered in the media, but last year an Oregon woman made headlines as she was pulled over with marijuana.\u00a0 Police officers were surprised about her claim that she received marijuana from the federal government, but after a series of phone calls Oregon police were able to verify her story.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Randall passed away in 2001 but<a href=\"http:\/\/norml.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"> NORML<\/a> founder Keith Stroup has called him \u201cthe father of medical marijuana.\u201d\u00a0 Even after his death Robert Randall serves as a reminder that the federal government\u2019s case against marijuana is contradicted by none other than the federal government.\u00a0 They have acknowledged marijuana\u2019s medical benefits and have even proved competent enough to cultivate and distribute it.\u00a0 Although the battle is far from over, on November 24, 1976, we witnessed the end of the government\u2019s ability to suppress one of the greatest healing agents we have ever known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"193\" height=\"261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robert-randall.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"robert randall\" title=\"robert randall\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-18503\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/important-dates-in-marijuana-history-november-24-1976\/attachment\/robert-randall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-18503\" title=\"robert randall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/robert-randall-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The famous and brilliant marijuana advocate, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petermcwilliams.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter McWilliams<\/a>, often used to cite the fact that the U.S. government does in fact provide marijuana to a handful of people.\u00a0 He would say he just wanted to join the elite group.\u00a0 While the fact that the federal government is providing four people with marijuana is becoming more well known, many of us do not recognize how this contradictory program came to be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medicalmarijuana.procon.org\/view.resource.php?resourceID=000143\" target=\"_blank\">November 24, 1976<\/a> is one of the most important dates in medical marijuana\u2019s history.\u00a0 On this date federal Judge James Washington ruled that<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Randall_%28advocate%29\" target=\"_blank\"> Robert Randal<\/a>l could legally use marijuana out of legal necessity.\u00a0 Mr. Randall became the first person in the United States to be granted the legal right to use marijuana since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ephidrina.org\/cannabis\/taxact.html\" target=\"_blank\">1937<\/a>.\u00a0 He suffered from glaucoma and cultivated his own supply of marijuana to alleviate symptoms associated with his condition.\u00a0 He was arrested but as stated above,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drugpolicy.org\/docUploads\/randall.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> US v. Randall<\/a> would become a landmark case and launch the medical marijuana movement.<\/p>\n<p>As with successful movements, a superior understanding of the charges, authorities, and legal rights granted can often be the best weapon to bringing about true change.\u00a0 Randall utilized a little known defense at the time called <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doctrine_of_necessity\" target=\"_blank\">The Common Law Doctrine of Necessity<\/a>.\u00a0 A judge agreed and thus the government was forced to create a program for distributing medical marijuana.\u00a0 At its peak the program served 14 patients but still provides marijuana to 4 of the remaining participants.\u00a0 The program is rarely covered in the media, but last year an Oregon woman made headlines as she was pulled over with marijuana.\u00a0 Police officers were surprised about her claim that she received marijuana from the federal government, but after a series of phone calls Oregon police were able to verify her story.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Randall passed away in 2001 but<a href=\"http:\/\/norml.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"> NORML<\/a> founder Keith Stroup has called him \u201cthe father of medical marijuana.\u201d\u00a0 Even after his death Robert Randall serves as a reminder that the federal government\u2019s case against marijuana is contradicted by none other than the federal government.\u00a0 They have acknowledged marijuana\u2019s medical benefits and have even proved competent enough to cultivate and distribute it.\u00a0 Although the battle is far from over, on November 24, 1976, we witnessed the end of the government\u2019s ability to suppress one of the greatest healing agents we have ever known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,741,56,9,51,299,170,742,70,743,1,3,744,745,61],"tags":[2632,3314,2636,2631,2877,2748,3315,5,3316,3317,3318,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}