Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics

The Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics (ACT) is an organization supporting medical marijuana that was founded in 1981 by Robert C. Randall and Alice O'Leary. The Alliance was originally formed through Randall’s personal campaigning to access medical marijuana to treat his glaucoma. After being found not guilty of marijuana possession by reason of medical necessity and being included in a research program in which he received marijuana, Randall was the first person known to have successfully used medical necessity as a defense against a charge of marijuana possession in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. After Randall’s individual success in obtaining marijuana legally, the Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics sought to drive the movement in politics and public media for widespread medical cannabis usage.