Dr. Peter Grinspoon’s 18 Principles for Safer Cannabis Use
Cannabis has gone mainstream. One in seven Americans uses some sort of CBD product. Ninety-four percent of Americans support legalization of medical marijuana, and 69 percent now believe in comprehensive legalization for adult use. In many places, consumers can now openly buy everything from their favorite strain of Sativa to CBD pillowcases to THC bath bombs. Still, that doesn’t mean that myths and misconceptions don’t persist. Whether it’s the hard-dying, fear-mongering lies spun by the War on Drugs and other prohibition campaigns or the utopian daydreams of long-time stoners and cannabis enthusiasts, we remain confused and misinformed about the leaf that we have been using for at least five-thousand years. Enter Peter Grinspoon, a physician, cannabis expert, and son of the late Dr. Lester Grinspoon, a psychiatrist and academic who risked a Harvard career to challenge laws and beliefs about marijuana long before it was fashionable. In his new book, SEEING THROUGH THE SMOKE: A CA...