In March 1976, Bowie wascharged with felony pot possession in Rochester, N.Y., along with Iggy Pop and two others, following a Saturday night concert. All four pleaded not guilty and charges were eventually dropped. Source

In the spring of 1977, while living in London, Marley was arrested and fined by British police for marijuana possession.Source

In 1980, while on tour with the band Wings, McCartney was detained at Tokyo's Narita Airport after customs officials found half a pound of marijuana in his luggage. He spent 10 nights in jail before being released and deported. He later admitted, according to the BBC, that "it was the daftest thing I've done in my entire life."Source

(1980) McCartney Bust
(1980)McCartney Bust
(1980) Paul McCartney Bust -Japanese
(1980) Paul McCarntey Japanese Bust set to Hi Hi Hi

(1976) Robert Randall - The First Federal US Legal Medical Marijuana User

The Compassionate Investigational New Drug program, or Compassionate IND, is the Investigational New Drug program allowing a limited number of patients to use National Institute on Drug Abuse-provided medical marijuana grown at the University of Mississippi. Closed to new entrants, there are only seven surviving patients who were grandfathered into the program.


The Compassionate Investigational New Drug Study program began in 1978 after a lawsuit was brought against the Food and Drug Administration, Drug Enforcement Administration, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Department of Justice, and the Department of Health, Education & Welfare by Robert Randall (Randall v. U.S). In 1976, Randall, afflicted with glaucoma, had successfully used the Common Law doctrine of necessity to argue against charges of marijuana cultivation because it was deemed a medical necessity (U.S. v. Randall). On November 24, 1976, federal Judge James Washington ruled:

While blindness was shown by competent medical testimony to be the otherwise inevitable result of the defendant's disease, no adverse effects from the smoking of marijuana have been demonstrated. Medical evidence suggests that the medical prohibition is not well-founded.

The criminal charges against Randall were dropped, and following a petition (May 1976) filed by Randall, federal agencies began providing him with FDA-approved access to government supplies of medical marijuana, becoming the first American to receive marijuana for the treatment of a medical disorder. Randall went public with his victory and shortly after the government tried to prevent his legal access to marijuana. This led to the aforementioned 1978 lawsuit where Randall was represented pro bono publico by law firm Steptoe & Johnson. Twenty-four hours after filing the suit, the federal agencies requested an out-of-court settlement which resulted in Randall gaining prescriptive access to marijuana through a federal pharmacy near his home.

The settlement in Randall v. U.S. became the legal basis for the FDA's Compassionate IND program. Initially only available to patients afflicted by marijuana-responsive disorders and orphan drugs, the concept was expanded to include HIV-positive patients in the mid-1980s. Due to the growing number of AIDS patients throughout the late 1980s and the resulting numbers of patients who joined the Compassionate IND program, the George H. W. Bush administration closed the program down in 1992. At its peak, the program had thirty active patients.Source

Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981

(1976) Jimmy Carter Says Yes

Jimmy Carter supported ending the federal prosecution of marijuana possession of up to 1 oz of marijuana.

(1978) Bob Marley - Hotel Waldorf Asturias


Marley meets the press
Press conference in '78 press honors Bob's work for peace


By Jack Low / BobMarley.com

When Bob Marley gave a rare press conference at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York in June 1978, he was at the height of his popularity as a ground-breaking singer, songwriter and ambassador of reggae. But, not surprisingly, the questions he answered from the media didn't focus solely on music.

That's because Bob had just been awarded the famous Peace Medal of the Third World by the United Nations, a prestigious honor for his work in fighting for peace and justice in his native country of Jamaica and throughout Africa. In fact, the award was given to him by the Senegalese Youth Ambassador to the U.N., Mohmmadu Johnny Seka, on behalf of 500 million Africans. Source

This image is on the corner of Harbord st. and Bathurst St. in Toronto.

(1979)Bob Marley - Interviewed in Toronto

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70's Portion of a Bob Marley Documentary.

The Life of Bob Marley (6of9)
The Life of Bob Marley (7of9)
The Life of Bob Marley (8of9)
The Life of Bob Marley (9of9)

That 70's Show - The Pilot - Part 2 Skip to ~ 0:36 for the pot scene.