
Celiac disease: Exploring four myths

What is prostatitis and how is it treated?

What is Cushing syndrome?

Exercises to relieve joint pain

Think your child has ADHD? What your pediatrician can do

Foam roller: Could you benefit from this massage tool?

Stepping up activity if winter slowed you down

Common causes of cloudy urine

Dragon fruit: How to enjoy this antioxidant-rich fruit

Are you getting health care you don't need?

Peter Grinspoon, MD
Contributor; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Ì첩ÌåÓý Publishing
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 Seeing Through the Smoke: A Cannabis Specialist Untangles the Truth About Marijuana, 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

Staying Healthy
If you use cannabis, do it safely

Staying Healthy
Why is it so challenging to find a primary care physician?

Mind & Mood
The popularity of microdosing of psychedelics: What does the science say?

Mind & Mood
Ketamine for treatment-resistant depression: When and where is it safe?

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
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?

Staying Healthy
Older adults and medical marijuana: Reduced stigma and increased use

Mind & Mood
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

Celiac disease: Exploring four myths

What is prostatitis and how is it treated?

What is Cushing syndrome?

Exercises to relieve joint pain

Think your child has ADHD? What your pediatrician can do

Foam roller: Could you benefit from this massage tool?

Stepping up activity if winter slowed you down

Common causes of cloudy urine

Dragon fruit: How to enjoy this antioxidant-rich fruit

Are you getting health care you don't need?