t's good that @JAMA_current is finally advocating for teaching doctors about medical #cannabis (and, only 54 years after my dad, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, was urging this for all doctors in his book 'Marihuana Reconsidered."). jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

As a primary care physician at MGH, I’m seeing more and more older adults turn to #cannabis and #CBD — not just for curiosity, but because these treatments are helping with sleep issues, anxiety, and chronic pain Please check out my video on this topic www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGJy...

Interesting study about #cannabis and #chronicpain. 'Cannabis Product Beats Placebo for Common Chronic Pain — Phase III trial shows efficacy." www.medpagetoday.com/rheumatology...

Wonderful review of my brother @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social's great book, 'Earth in Human Hands" about how humanity might be able to navigate our perilous future. blogs.loc.gov/kluge/2025/0...

Another hige blow to our ability to provide high quality primary care at my hospital (if you even can find a PCP). We can't get patients in to specialists in a safe/timely manner; now they are making it virtually impossible to ask them for clinical advice. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/23/b...

Cannabis administration is associated with reduced alcohol consumption: Evidence from a novel laboratory co-administration paradigm #cannabis #alcohol www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

As a primary care physician at MGH, I’m seeing more and more older adults turn to #cannabis and #CBD — not just for curiosity, but because these treatments are helping with sleep issues, anxiety, and chronic pain Please check out my video on this topic www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGJy...

Why can no one find a PCP? Instead of minimally supporting current primary care docs, many of whom are close to giving up completely, my hospital system, MGB, is planning providing primary care by nurses (without any doctors...) at CVS Minute Clinics. commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/foll...

Check out my new video on the urgent need to decriminalize opioids, following on the success of #cannabis legalization. People are mostly overdosing/dying from ILLEGAL opioids. Time to wind down the War on Drugs (which we are losing). drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/an-argumen...

Delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol use more common where marijuana remains prohibited and less common where delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol sales are regulated or prohibited (legalize #cannabis & you get rid of these dangerous and unrelated hemp-derrived products) www.ajpmonline.org/article/S074...

Check out my latest video, it is more personal than most, about what it was like, now that it's my 2 year anniversary, to get run over by a car and to recover. Not fun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki5a...

Primary care update: Using the phone while you poop greatly raises hemorrhoid risk, new study says www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/h...

This is awful. Harm reduction saves lives and prevents disease, and we are moving away from it. People with #addiction are the ones who are going to suffer (as usual...). www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/h...

Check out my latest video, it is more personal than most, about what it was like, now that it's my 2 year anniversary, to get run over by a car and to recover. Not fun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki5a...

This is insane. a) people are going to die b) people are going to get long Covid, which is a disaster With Trump and Kennedy, we are devolving to the level of Sudan or Somalia in terms of public health... And, shame on @cvspharmacy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

Check out my appearance on @wbz with @BradleyJayChat all about #cannabis including a hostile phone in question from Missori. wbznewsradio.iheart.com/featured/nig...

Today is 2 year anniversary of my being mowed down by demented psychiatrist driving with her lights off -- here is my blog that I wrote at the time about what it was like to get flattened and to recover, one of my most popular blogs ever. Doing well now! drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/notes-from...

This his what my upcoming book is about (publicatiion date 5/5/26) "Healthy Aging with Cannabis" -- the ways in which #cannabis can help people as they age, with pain, anxiety, insomnia and a host of other conditions. jcannabisresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Today is 2 year anniversary of my being mowed down by demented psychiatrist driving with her lights off -- here is my blog that I wrote at the time about what it was like to get flattened and to recover, one of my most popular blogs ever. Doing well now! drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/notes-from...

Glad to be included in this @Medscape article about what awful patients doctors are in their own personal lives. (though we don't hate patients....histrionic headline...) www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Thanks to the @SmithsonianMag for including me in this thoughtful piece about #cannabis and #psychosis. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

I'm on @FoxNews explaining why #cannabis rescheduling is a win for all of us on all levels -- it will help us understand potential harms, benefits, & how to treat patients more effectively (which means fewer opioids and NSAIDs both of which can be lethal) www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-c...

Important: we have to stop preferentially screening black women for #cannabis use during pregnancy (with drug tests), and we have to stop separating them from their newborns if positive -- this is medicine gone amok and causing more harm than good. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This is huge (and shocking -- Trump doing something that isn't related to looting the government for his own personal gain, and that of his allies...though he does think it will help him with young votors and that is main motivation) #cannabis www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Please check out my YouTube video: "The truth about valium and xanax that you never knew" Dangerous drugs, they become "forever drugs", there are alternatives (though some people obviously need them...) www.youtube.com/watch?v=toc_...

Data shows a new remedy for the opioid crisis Counties with easy access to weed have far fewer opioid deaths. That’s not a coincidence. (paywalled) #cannabis #opioids (some of us have been saying this for decades...) www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Check out my new video on the urgent need to decriminalize opioids, following on the success of #cannabis legalization. People are mostly overdosing/dying from ILLEGAL opioids. Time to wind down the War on Drugs (which we are losing). drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/an-argumen...

Professional suggestion: get a HUGE life insurance policy before getting primary care at CVS. My hospital, Mass. General Brigham is starving & pressuring the primary care doctors, so they leave, and now is replacing them with nurses at CVS minute clinic... www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/31/b...

My latest blog: "An argument for decriminalizing opioids". We HAVE to end the losing War on Drugs. Arresting people, instead of treating them, inhumane and ineffective. We can learn a lot from #cannabis legalization which has been a success. drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/an-argumen...

My latest blog: "An argument for decriminalizing opioids". We HAVE to end the losing War on Drugs. Arresting people, instead of treating them, inhumane and ineffective. We can learn a lot from #cannabis legalization which has been a success. drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/an-argumen...

In 1915 Sir William Osler, the father of modern medicine, said that #cannabis was the best treatment for #migraine; now there is a placebo-controlled study to demonstrate this. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Please check out my latest video on #kratom, the natural herb that millions of people use for #addiction and #chronicpain but which some experts think is the last thing we need (i.e., another addictive substance) during an overdose epidemic www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWEP...

I've been saying this for decades! We have a critical shortage of helpful, practical, reality-based medical #cannabis education in medical schools (including about the Endocannabinoid System) and this is harming and alienating patients. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

medical #cannabis 'treatment associated with reductions in pain severity & interference & improvements in quality of life & sleep, but not in illicit opioid use or cravings in adults with chronic pain receiving buprenorphine' for opioid #addiction jcannabisresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Please check out my latest video on #kratom, the natural herb that millions of people use for #addiction and #chronicpain but which some experts think is the last thing we need (i.e., another addictive substance) during an overdose epidemic www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWEP...

#cannabis was effective for chronic pain additionally, "23 subjects reduced or discontinued other analgesics and/or anti-inflammatory drugs during the trial. Adverse effects were mild and reversible." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#kratom Helpful or harmful? What is it? Does it help with #chronic pain? #opioid #addiction Or, is it just another drug to misuse? Check out my blog drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/kratom-ben...

'Significant decreases from baseline in anxiety and depression were observed [with #cannabis] with scores dropping below clinically significant levels within 3 months of initiation...sustained reductions in overall symptom severity over a 6-month period.' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#kratom Helpful or harmful? What is it? Does it help with #chronic pain? #opioid #addiction Or, is it just another drug to misuse? Check out my blog drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/kratom-ben...

#Cannabis may affect the brain differently as we age; it might be harmful in adolescents but it could help facilitate cognitive health in older adults (this has not been definitively proven yet but...interesting study). www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...

Several opinions about whether legalizing #cannabis was a good idea, including mine which is...of course it was (though it hasn't been flawless, and we certainly can lower harms). No one (credible) is arguing to recriminalize it... news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

An unfortunate take by the @WSJ, not only because most of it is wildly inaccurate, with cherry-picked facts, but also because it ignores the social justice benefits of #cannabis legalization; no one is calling to recriminalize -- it has been a success. www.wsj.com/opinion/lega...

I agree that most of these hemp-derived products (except for the non-intoxicating ones...) are a menace: unregulated, untested. The legal #cannabis market is so much safer and restricts teen access. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/23/b...

Several opinions about whether legalizing #cannabis was a good idea, including mine which is...of course it was (though it hasn't been flawless, and we certainly can lower harms). No one (credible) is arguing to recriminalize it... news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

We are done for.... #Psychedelics www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/01/1...

Article on use of #cannabis for patients with #chronic pain on Suboxone for opioid use diorder. Helps with pain and sleep without measurable harms. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Please check out my YouTube video: "The truth about valium and xanax that you never knew" Dangerous drugs, they become "forever drugs", there are alternatives (though some people obviously need them...) www.youtube.com/watch?v=toc_...

Absolutely iconic poster from #cannabis legalization movement, from about 40 years ago -- great quote from Spinoza. At the bottom, inscribed, "to Lester Grinspoon" #marijuana #cannabiscommunity

Article by @AARP forgot to mention that often seniors take #cannabis instead of other medications which can be more dangerous... www.aarp.org/health/drugs...

very compelling magazine feature nymag.com/intelligence...