Written testimony for the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, on “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade” David L. Nathan, MD, DFAPA January 15, 2020 Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR) writes today in support of […]
“The enthusiasm for CBD has clearly outpaced the hard-core scientific evidence for what it actually does,” says Peter Grinspoon, instructor at Harvard Medical School and a board member for Doctors for Cannabis Regulation. “A lot of the studies we have […]
Military Matters, a podcast that explores issues important to service members, veterans, contractors, and the communities that support them. Episode 1 Description: In this debut episode, hosts Rod Rodriguez and Desmon Farris focus on cannabis, which recently has become a […]
Al Harrington, the former NBA forward and founder of cannabis company Viola, is championing medical cannabis in basketball. “The day-to-day pain management issues that players deal with can be dealt with through cannabis,” Harrington said of athletes who are often […]
New Jersey Assembly and Senate committees held hearings on Thursday to discuss a resolution that would put the question of marijuana legalization before voters on the 2020 ballot. The Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee debated the legislation at a […]
The dispensing of medical marijuana varies significantly by state, with some states allowing risker environments than others, said Monica Bopha Taing, a clinical cannabis consultant, a board director of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation and a registered pharmacist who worked in […]
ABSTRACT Background: The legalization of cannabis for adult use is being increasingly embraced in several countries and local entities. A driving force for these changes has been the individual, family, community, societal, and economic costs of cannabis prohibition, which have […]
Alex Berenson is a former New York Times reporter and the author of Tell Your Children: The Truth About Madness, Marijuana and Violence, a controversial tome that has been widely dismissed by many scientists as a cherry-picking, fearmongering book that […]
The most extreme pro-cannabis narratives claim that cannabis is harmless, even a cure-all for diseases that has been suppressed by greedy pharmaceuticals. The anti-cannabis narrative, meanwhile, has used alarmist reporting to imply that smoking weed will turn you into a […]
In January 2019, cannabis legalization seemed imminent in New York. For years, legalization had been blocked by the Republican-controlled State Senate, but now there was a new Democratic majority. The only question seemed to be how – not whether – the legal framework […]
Background: Medicine stands at the threshold of numerous applications for medical marijuana. If the US adopts a thoughtful and comprehensive policy to deliver access to medical marijuana, we have the opportunity to improve public health and simultaneously improve healthcare policy […]
Dr. Peter Grinspoon speaks with Thinking Outside the Bud podcast host Bruce Eckfeldt.
“We must stop using a sledgehammer to kill a weed.” – David L. Nathan MD, DFPA Analytical Cannabis covers Dr. Nathan’s testimony to members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on crime, terrorism, and homeland security. Full article at Analytical Cannabis
I speak to you today as the founder and board president of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (or DFCR). DFCR is the leading national physicians’ association dedicated to the legalization, taxation and – above all – the effective regulation of cannabis for adults. DFCR has hundreds of respected physician members in nearly every US state and territory.
Doctors Group Pushes For Legalizing Marijuana, from NY State of Politics, Spectrum News, 6/12/2019. As medical professionals and healthcare providers, our first and foremost obligation is to protect the health of our patients. Our lifelong commitment to improving public health and patients’ quality […]
Dr. Peter Grinspoon writes for Harvard Health Blog about cannabis edibles. Full article: Cannabis is medicine – don’t make it taste good
June 5, 2019 Re: Testimony in support of HB 110, The Delaware Marijuana Control Act Dear Honorable Members of the Revenue & Finance Committee: I recently retired after 23 years as the Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research […]
Spectrum News New York coverage of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation backing the legalization of marijuana in New York.
David L. Nathan, MD, Joycelyn Elders, MD, Bryon Adinoff, MD. 21st Century Reefer Madness, Psychiatric Times, Volume 36 Issue 4. April 10, 2019
April 6, 2019 Medical Affairs Committee South Carolina Senate Columbia, SC RE: S.366 Chairman Verdin and committee members: Thank you for the opportunity to provide the Committee with my testimony supporting the South Carolina Compassionate Care Act. My name is […]