Please check out my latest blog:
The Failures of Our Addiction Treatment System
And, What We Can Do Better
(hint: good #addiction treatment has little to do with being locked up in Rehab or mandated to attend A.A. meetings!
drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/the-failures…

In this repeated cross-sectional study, there was no evidence that state-level recreational marijuana laws were associated with encouraging youth marijuana use, based on both the logistic regression and interaction-weighted models. ja.ma/3Qi0C43

They should put #cannabis back into the U.S. Pharmacopeia. It was put in, in the 1850's, and taken out in the 1940's (for political reasons, nothing medical or health-related). Now that they are rescheduling #marijuana to schedule 3, it's obviously a medicine.
(It always was...).

Save the Date for Webinar 3 of 3 on May 23 @ 7PM online on zoom with Dr. Peter Grinspoon and Dr. Marion McNabb to discuss policy recommendations related to cannabis as an alternative to other more lethal substances. Register for the free webinar here: loom.ly/9qPdXVA

Thank you to Cannabis Science and Technology for writing about the second of three webinars in the CCOE hosted series: Cannabis as An Alternative with Dr. Peter Grinspoon and Dr. Marion McNabb discussing clinical recommendations. Read more here: loom.ly/FZpUi8Y

Has forcing patients who need opioid refills to get mandatory toxicology screens before giving a refill ever been shown to improve ANY metric of healthcare, including overdoses, morbidity, etc.?
(Skeptical but open to data if there is any...)
Maia Szalavitz Ryan Marino, MD

“My name is Peter, and I am an addict.” I have recited these words at hundreds of A.A. and N.A. meetings that I was compelled to attend by the MA Medical Board
drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/the-failures…

The War on Weed Isn’t Over
In 2019, more than 500,000 Americans were arrested for cannabis-related charges, the vast majority for simple possession.
#cannabis #marijuana
truthdig.com/articles/the-w…

Cannabis for Harm Reduction: Recommendations for Integration
How can #cannabis help mitigate the #opioidcrisis ?
Check out our webinar:

cannabissciencetech.com/view/cannabis-…

'McKinsey also advised Purdue on how to target the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for sales of their products'

'McKinsey advised Purdue that there was “significant opportunity” to shift sales calls to the highest volume prescribers, who as a group wrote 25 times as many OxyContin prescriptions on average than their peers'

wsj.com/articles/mckin…

Did you miss Webinar 2 of 3: Cannabis as a Harm Reduction Alternative Series with Dr. Marion McNabb and Dr. Peter Grinspoon? The recording is now available and you can watch the video here: loom.ly/FMOr4Fo

When even JAMA Psychiatry reports no increase teen #cannabis use with legalization

In repeated cross-sectional study, no evidence RMLs associated with encouraging youth marijuana use, based on both the logistic regression and interaction-weighted models.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

On my Youtube channel, lots of videos including this one,
'Demystifying the cannabis buying experience'
(I go in to a dispensary).
#cannabis #marijuana #Medtwitter

youtube.com/watch?v=AUnbl_…

talkingjointsmemo.com/recap-cannabis…

study showing #cannabis efficacious for #Migraines
(randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled)

Acute migraine treatment with vaporized cannabis flower containing 6% THC/11% CBD efficacious at 2 hours post-treatment, sustained pain freedom at 24 hours

neurology.org/doi/abs/10.121…

The Drug Enforcement Administration is arguing in a new court brief that a federal right to try law does not allow a doctor to treat cancer patients with psilocybin for end-of-life care.

DEA has outlived its usefulness (not that they were ever useful...)
marijuanamoment.net/in-case-on-psi…

I wrote a blog about the most dangerous drug of all...with 170,000 deaths last year, liver disease, heart disease, cancer, #addiction , violent injuries...

#addiction #SUD #cannabiscommunity #medtwitter
drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/the-most-dan…

Tonight at 7PM! Watch live on the CCOE YouTube Page: @cannabiscenterofexcellence1121Subscribe to watch Dr. Peter Grinspoon and Dr. Marion McNabb discuss clinical recommendations related to cannabis as an alternative to other more lethal substances.