About
This site is devoted to the exchange of information about the use of marijuana as a medicine. We are members of the faculty of the Harvard Medical School who have been studying marijuana for many years.
Dr. Grinspoon is the author of Marihuana Reconsidered, Harvard University Press, 1971, revised edition 1977, recently republished with a new introduction.
We are co-authors of Marihuana, the Forbidden Medicine, published by Yale University Press in 1993, available in paperback at 1-800-987-7323. The book has been translated into nine languages. A revised and expanded edition, more than 60% larger than the first edition, was published in 1997. Excerpts from this book are posted on the website.
Both Marihuana Reconsidered and Marihuana, the Forbidden Medicine are available online from Amazon or Barnes and Noble. Purchase Marihuana Reconsidered at Amazon.com or Barnesandnoble.com. Purchase Marihuana, the Forbidden Medicine at Amazon.com or Barnesandnoble.com.
In June of 1995 the Journal of the American Medical Association published our paper, “Marihuana as Medicine: A Plea for Reconsideration.” We have included it, along with 3 articles in Playboy magazine (1, 2 and 3) and an unpublished article, “Marihuana: An Old Medicine of the Future,” as well as several additional medical marijuana resources we hope you find to be of interest.
Since marijuana is largely a folk medicine, not yet generally recognized by the medical establishment, the people who know most about it are those who use it on their own. The purpose of our website is to gain access to that body of knowledge and share the information with patients and physicians.