MAN WHO WON POT CASE DIES

SARASOTA, Fla. - Robert Randall, who made history in 1976 when a court gave
him access to government supplies of marijuana to treat his glaucoma, has
died at 53.

Randall died Saturday at his home of AIDS-related complications.

A federal court ruled 25 years ago that his use of marijuana was a medical
necessity.

Two years later the government cut off his access to marijuana. He sued for
reinstatement of the drug and won. He kept on smoking pot with federal
permission until his death.

Randall developed glaucoma in his teens. An ophthalmologist told him in the
early 1970s that he would go blind within a few years. He never lost his sight.