Search
DCist Logo

Robert Randall

All Stories

Jun 02, 2011

Ten Years After Passing, Marijuana Activist Still Remembered

Ten years ago today, Robert Randall died. Had it not been for the Metropolitan Police Department, Randall could well have lived the rest of life in complete anonymity. But a chance raid of his Capitol Hill apartment in 1975 made Randall — then slowly going blind because of severe glaucoma — the unwitting father of the fight for medical marijuana.

 
Terms of Use |WAMU Privacy Notice
WAMU 88.5 | American University RadioMailing Address: PO Box 98101 | Washington, DC 20090-8101
Station Address: 4401 Connecticut Ave, NW | Washington, DC 20008 |
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC): #91855
© 2026 All Rights Reserved.