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Peter Grinspoon, MD
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Dr. Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician, educator, and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital; an instructor at Harvard Medical School; and a certified health and wellness coach. He is the author of the forthcoming book Seeing Through the Smoke: Cannabis: Finding Truth Among Tangled Beliefs, as well as the groundbreaking memoir Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction. He is a board member of the advocacy group Doctors for Cannabis Regulation. He is also a TedX speaker and commonly lectures on the topics of cannabis, psychedelics, addiction, opioids, and physician health.
Posts by Peter Grinspoon, MD

Mind & Mood
How to recognize and tame your cognitive distortions

Healthcare Disparities
Poverty, homelessness, and social stigma make addiction more deadly

Staying Healthy
The endocannabinoid system: Essential and mysterious

Mind & Mood
Back to the future: Psychedelic drugs in psychiatry

Staying Healthy
Common questions about medical cannabis

Peter Grinspoon, MD
Beyond CBD: Here come the other cannabinoids, but where’s the evidence?

Peter Grinspoon, MD
The health effects of too much gaming

Peter Grinspoon, MD
How to avoid a relapse when things seem out of control

Peter Grinspoon, MD
Mind-body medicine in addiction recovery

Staying Healthy
If cannabis becomes a problem: How to manage withdrawal

Peter Grinspoon, MD
A tale of two epidemics: When COVID-19 and opioid addiction collide

Exercise & Fitness
Health coaching is effective. Should you try it?

Peter Grinspoon, MD
Dopamine fasting: Misunderstanding science spawns a maladaptive fad

Diseases & Conditions
Save the trees, prevent the sneeze

Peter Grinspoon, MD
Kratom: Fear-worthy foliage or beneficial botanical?

Peter Grinspoon, MD
Cannabis is medicine — don’t make it taste good

Peter Grinspoon, MD
Going public with sobriety

Peter Grinspoon, MD
Cleaner living: Plant-friendly is planet-friendly

Peter Grinspoon, MD
Does addiction last a lifetime?

Staying Healthy
Cannabidiol (CBD): What we know and what we don't

Peter Grinspoon, MD
Physician burnout can affect your health

Peter Grinspoon, MD
Access to medical marijuana reduces opioid prescriptions

Staying Healthy
Supporting physicians’ buprenorphine waiver training, starting in the ER

Staying Healthy