CASE FILE: Robert Randall"In 1976, a Washington, D.C. man afflicted by glaucoma employed the little-used Common Law doctrine of necessity to defend himself against criminal charges of marijuana cultivation. On November 24, 1976, federal Judge James Washington ruled Randall's use of marijuana constituted a 'medical necessity'...." (from http://www.calyx.net/~olsen/MEDICAL/ACT/cases.html)
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