CRONKITE MODE ENGAGED
🕰️ CRONKITE MODE: BREAKING NEWS FROM THE ARCHIVES
“Mr. Randall’s Affidavit Unsealed: The Government Knew—and Still Tried to Keep Him Quiet.”
📍 Washington, D.C. — In a development echoing through decades of drug policy debate, the full affidavit of Robert C. Randall—the first legal medical cannabis patient in the United States—has been unearthed and published. The affidavit, part of Randall’s 1978 federal court filings, reveals a harrowing tale of bureaucratic obstruction, scientific consensus, and a citizen’s struggle to keep his sight amid institutional indifference.
What began as a quiet, personal fight against glaucoma became a landmark confrontation with the U.S. government. Randall’s affidavit, totaling 57 paragraphs and backed by over a dozen federal exhibits, details not only the medical necessity of cannabis but the federal government’s active role in suppressing this truth.
🔎 KEY POINTS FROM THE AFFIDAVIT:
🧠 Science vs. Policy:
Top ophthalmologists from UCLA, Johns Hopkins, and Howard University confirmed under oath: cannabis was the only effective treatment keeping Randall from going blind.
Federal agencies acknowledged this — and still tried to silence him.
🛑 Bureaucratic Barriers:
DEA, FDA, and NIDA required Randall to find a doctor willing to file a full research protocol, knowing most doctors wouldn’t risk their careers.
Even after gaining access through Dr. John Merritt’s research program, Randall’s supply was repeatedly threatened by arbitrary restrictions and political backlash.
🔇 Gag Orders and Retaliation:
Randall was told he could receive his life-saving medication only if he stayed silent.
He refused—and federal agencies responded by limiting his medication supply, threatening his freedom of speech and mobility.
📉 A Human Cost:
At several points, Randall’s cannabis supply was cut off. His IOP (intraocular pressure) spiked to dangerous levels, risking permanent blindness.
He continued public advocacy, testifying before legislatures and warning others with glaucoma, despite mounting personal and legal risks.
🧾 WHY THIS MATTERS NOW:
This document is not a historical curiosity—it is evidence of foreknowledge and suppression. As early as the 1970s, the U.S. government:
Had documented proof from federal researchers that cannabis had therapeutic value.
Chose law enforcement optics over patient welfare.
Used research programs as a means of control rather than compassion.
Randall’s experience—backed by affidavits, court rulings, and agency communications—contradicts the longstanding claim that marijuana has “no accepted medical use in the United States.”
💬 QUOTABLE:
“I am unwilling to risk a surgical procedure which itself presents a substantial possibility of failure... when such risks are totally unnecessary. For four years marijuana has prevented me from going blind.”
— Robert C. Randall, 1978
⚖️ LEGACY & CALL TO ACTION:
Randall’s case laid the foundation for the federal Compassionate IND Program, but his fight remains unfinished. Veterans, patients, and families still face similar barriers—decades later.
Now that this affidavit is fully exposed, history demands a reckoning.
📎 Learn more about the Project 50 Archive and the legacy of Robert C. Randall at:
👉 www.aliceolearyrandall.com
📍 Location: Washington, D.C.
📰 Press inquiries? Contact: The Feds.
🗞️ CRONKITE MODE will continue to follow this story.
“And that’s the way it is — August 6, 2025.”
🔥 CARLIN MODE ENGAGED 🔥
Buckle up, motherlovin’ mammals—Uncle Sam just got caught with his pants down and his hand in the Schedule Icookie jar.
🚨 NEWSFLASH:
The U.S. Government KNEW Cannabis Worked in the 1970s — and Tried to Shut the Hell Up About It.
And who do we have to thank for the truth?
Not your senator. Not your pharmacist. Not some guru on ayahuasca in the desert.
No, one guy with glaucoma and the balls of a Roman gladiator: Robert C. Randall.
Let’s review the madness, shall we?
👓 Randall was going blind. He tried every eye drop, pill, and pharmaceutical garbage heap they could throw at him. Nothing worked.
🌿 He smoked weed. His vision came back.
End of story?
Nope.
🚫 The feds told him:
“You can’t have that plant. It’s illegal.”
Randall said:
“F--- you. I’m not going blind for your drug war.”
So what did our benevolent government do?
🎭 ACT I: The Kafka Playbook
Made him get licensed weed from the feds.
Told him he could only use it if he shut the hell up about it.
Threatened to cut off his supply whenever he opened his mouth.
Oh, you want to travel? Speak publicly? Advocate for others?
“Sorry, Bob — no weed for you. Hope you like braille.”
🧠 ACT II: The Bureaucratic Circle Jerk
DEA, NIDA, FDA, and every other acronym in the alphabet passed the buck like it was a hot potato dipped in truth serum.
They made him jump through flaming hoops of research protocols, safes, forms, and gag orders — just to keep seeing.
And then? Denied him immunity.
Said, “Sorry, you’re not engaged in research, you’re just the human guinea pig.”
Translation:
“You’re not the scientist—you’re the lab rat.”
🎯 THE TAKEAWAY?
This wasn’t just red tape.
This was biopolitical terrorism in a lab coat.
They knew cannabis worked.
They had the studies, the doctors, the data.
And instead of helping people, they built a maze of lies and watched as patients bled out their rights on the floor of bureaucracy.
🔥 FINAL VERDICT?
What happened to Robert Randall wasn’t an oversight.
It was a policy decision — and they made it knowing full well what it would cost: vision, freedom, and lives.
So next time some stuffed-shirt politician says,
“There’s no accepted medical use,”
You show them this affidavit.
You shove it so far down their rhetorical throat they cough up Schedule II.
🎤 CARLIN OUT.
But don’t worry, folks—
Kit’s still here.
And the ghosts in these archives?
They’re just getting warmed up.
🎙️ EDWARD R. MURROW MODE: FINAL BROADCAST
“We are not descended from fearful men.”
📍 Washington, D.C. — August 6, 2025
This evening, we conclude not simply a story, but the unveiling of a truth too long kept from the American public. The affidavit of one Robert C. Randall—citizen, patient, witness—now lies plainly before us. In it, we find no hysteria, no bombast, no political theater. We find instead: fact, courage, and a government’s calculated silence.
Let us be clear.
The United States government knew—not suspected, not theorized, but knew—as early as the 1970s, that cannabis had therapeutic potential. Its own scientists said so. Its own doctors testified. Its own agencies received the reports. And still, it did nothing.
Worse, it did something: It silenced.
Mr. Randall was not a revolutionary. He was a man trying not to go blind. He asked his government for compassion and received a labyrinth. He asked to speak, and was told to whisper. He stood at the intersection of science and policy—and the latter turned its back.
This affidavit, unsealed now by those committed to transparency, is not merely a legal document. It is a moral indictment. It invites us—no, it compels us—to reexamine the foundations upon which decades of prohibition have stood. And more importantly, to ask: At what cost?
📜 We do not pretend that one man’s affidavit rewrites an entire era of drug policy. But we do assert this:
It places a stone on the scale of justice, and tips it toward truth.
To the veterans still navigating this maze…
To the patients still pleading for relief…
To the families who have lost loved ones to silence and stigma…
We hear you now.
And to those in power who continue to ignore the evidence, to deny the medical necessity, to perpetuate the fiction of “no accepted use”—you are no longer innocent of history.
Tonight, we close this broadcast not in outrage, but in resolve.
For Robert C. Randall.
For all who came after.
And for the record.
📻 This is Edward R. Murrow, signing off.
“Good night… and good luck.”
—
🕰️ Kit will keep the light on.
📰 PUBLIC-FACING SUMMARY: "The Affidavit That Changes Everything"
Randall’s Story: The Truth the Government Buried
In 1978, Robert C. Randall—the first person to legally receive medical cannabis from the U.S. government—submitted a sworn affidavit in federal court. This 57-paragraph document, now fully unsealed, reveals something explosive:
The federal government knew cannabis had medical value—and tried to silence the man who proved it.
Randall was a glaucoma patient. When all other treatments failed, he discovered that cannabis alone preserved his sight. Leading ophthalmologists confirmed this. Government agencies acknowledged it. And still, they tried to keep it quiet.
🔎 KEY FINDINGS FROM THE AFFIDAVIT
Doctors Agreed: Medical experts from top institutions like UCLA and Johns Hopkins testified that cannabis was the only thing keeping Randall from going blind.
The Government Knew: Federal agencies had this proof on file in the 1970s—but continued to say cannabis had “no accepted medical use.”
Retaliation and Control: Randall was told he could only receive his medicine if he stayed silent. Speaking publicly risked losing his supply—and his vision.
A Bureaucratic Gauntlet: The DEA, FDA, and NIDA imposed impossible requirements on doctors to discourage participation. They turned medical access into a tool of control.
⚖️ WHY IT STILL MATTERS
It’s Not Just History: Patients and veterans today still face punishment, stigma, and inconsistent access for using a medicine the government once approved—then buried.
This Affidavit Is Legal Evidence: It contradicts the federal position that cannabis has “no accepted medical use.” It shows deliberate suppression of science and patient rights.
💬 FROM RANDALL, IN HIS OWN WORDS:
“For four years marijuana has prevented me from going blind. I am unwilling to risk a surgical procedure which itself presents a substantial possibility of failure... when such risks are totally unnecessary.”
📣 WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Share the Truth: With lawmakers, medical boards, and patient advocates.
Demand Accountability: Use this document to challenge outdated laws and misinformation.
🧾 FINAL TAKEAWAY:
This isn't just a medical case. It's a federal admission—filed, sealed, and now unsealed—showing how policy overrode science, and silence was demanded in exchange for care.
Robert Randall refused that deal. And because of that, the truth is finally back in public hands.
