Robert Randall, Father of the medicinal movement

One of the ways that marijuana is most likely to be legalized is by having its medicinal use publicized to a greater extent. One of the easiest ways to sway support is to bring a sympathy appeal and cause civilians, lobbyists, and congressmen and women to empathize with those who use marijuana medicinally. The first real publicized event associated with medicinal marijuana use was when Robert Randall became the first person to receive medical marijuana from the government in 1976. The Food and Drug Administration deemed marijuana a necessity for the prolonging of his sight which had be crippled by glaucoma. This one man had swayed the opinions of lawmakers in the federal government enough to where they recognized the necessity of marijuana in medical fields. Randall also was key in the development of California’s proposition 215, which allowed for the cultivation of marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation. Positive change can be obtained for legalization efforts if its medicinal purposes are the forefront of the pro-legalization argument.