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ACT was the first non-profit association dedicated to medical cannabis and patients. It was founded in 1981 and during its first years it focused on federal legislation (H.R. 4498) and the hearings before DEA Judge Francis Young on rescheduling marijuana.

In the 1990s, ACT created numerous small groups, most notably the Marijuana AIDS Research Service (MARS). The patient application packet prepared by MARS for AIDS patients revolutionized the Compassionate IND application process and inundated federal agencies with requests for access to legal marijuana for medical purposes. Panicked by the demand for medical marijuana, especially by AIDS patients, the federal government closed the Compassionate IND program, thereby shutting the door on any legal means to cannabis.

Public outcry stunned the federal government but it was too late to go back. Before long, Prop 215 was passed and citizens took matters into their own hands.

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In addition to the 1976 case that started it all, U.S. v Randall, this directory has numerous medical cannabis judicial cases from around the world.

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This section gathers formal and informal written works—articles, op-eds, book excerpts, and newsletters—produced by advocates, journalists, and policymakers. Together, they trace the evolving public dialogue and provide primary-source context for scholars studying the rhetoric of reform.

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This folder documents the wave of legislation and regulatory petitions pursued during the 1978–1994 period. It likely includes state legislative reports, correspondence with members of Congress, and campaign materials reflecting the complex interplay between federal resistance and state innovation.

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On December 18, 2025, cannabis was moved from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to Schedule III. Cannabis is finally defined correctly as having “accepted medical use in treatment”!

This didn’t happen overnight. It didn’t start with President Joe Biden’s request in 2022. The effort to reschedule cannabis began in 1972 when NORML petitioned the federal government to move cannabis out of Schedule I.

This section has information on the half century battle to reschedule cannabis.

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The core of the archive: an extensive chronological collection of more than a thousand digitized press clippings from national and local newspapers. These provide a contemporaneous view of the medical cannabis story, showing how shifting public attitudes and individual patient stories drove policy change.

Link: https://bit.ly/4mBg6xQ

Lots of fun here. Videos from every period of the early medical cannabis movement days. You can watch Robert Randall on a 1977 Good Morning America and also his final public speech at the first Patients Out of Time conference in April 2000.