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...recent article “A Cannabis Odyssey” concerns me (Op-ed, Sept. 15). I am both a parent of a student at Harvard and someone who in her “experimental” phase did partake. I think that the problem here is that Grinspoon simplifies the issues. The student who finds himself or herself at a party and is offered a chance to partake might now figure “why not give it a try; look, even Grinspoon gets off.” Only, where does Grinspoon get his marijuana? How pure...
...Lester Grinspoon is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of Marijuana Reconsidered and a co-author of Marijuana, the Forbidden Medicine. He currently manages the website www.marijuana-uses.com...
Last Saturday, Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico and Dr. Lester Grinspoon of the Harvard Medical School rightly advocated the decriminalization of marijuana. These men should be commended for having the courage to address issues that most politicians and academics choose to avoid. As they pointed out, the prohibition of marijuana causes more injustice and social problems than the drug itself—similar to the alcohol prohibition in the 1920s—and thus the ban on its use should...
...Grinspoon spoke in defense of marijuana’s soothing properties when used on a medical prescription. He said protease inhibitors, drugs that help combat AIDS, cause extreme nausea—and taking marijuana eliminates this side-effect and allows people afflicted with the disease to eat without discomfort...
...since the cost of testing a drug could be as high as $800 million, Grinspoon said he did not think many drug companies would pay for the necessary tests. Marijuana is a plant—and therefore cannot be patented—so companies would be unlikely to help recoup their testing expenses, he said...