In the Media (selected) - Doctors for Cannabis Regulation

Most marijuana reform bills go up in smoke at Texas Legislature

Article excerpt: After an 87th Legislature that saw Texas lawmakers introduce some 60 bills related to reforming the state’s marijuana ...
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June 14, 2021

Remembering a Pioneer: Exploring the Legacy of Dr. Lester Grinspoon

The Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries, are hosting an online event to honor Dr. Lester Grinspoon on ...
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June 14, 2021

N.J. towns face tight deadline on banning weed, tell commission they need more details

Article excerpt: Cities and towns in New Jersey will soon have to decide if they will ban businesses that grow, ...
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June 1, 2021

Physician perspective: Advance public health through the legalization and regulation of cannabis

DFCR expert Hugh Blumenfeld, MD, Ph.D. and DFCR Founder and board President David L. Nathan, MD make the case in ...
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May 20, 2021

Should states set marijuana policy by its potency? Some say yes

Article excerpt: As marijuana legalization spreads across U.S. states, so does a debate over whether to set pot policy by ...
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April 28, 2021

Is a ‘Cannabis Facts’ Label in our Future?

Article excerpt: In the retail cannabis industry, labeling and regulation go hand in hand. Within the United States, cannabis labeling ...
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April 28, 2021

Federal Cannabis Regulations Working Group Releases its ‘Principles for Federal Cannabis Regulations & Reform’ on 4/20

Group—Made Up of Current and Former Cannabis Regulators, Public Health Professionals, Criminal Justice Reform Advocates, Civil Rights Attorneys & Social ...
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April 20, 2021

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Employers Must Reimburse Employees for Medical Cannabis

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that employers must reimburse employees for medical marijuana when it is prescribed by ...
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April 14, 2021

Under fire on race, the AMA should drop its support for the war on drugs

Article excerpt: The AMA actively supports cannabis prohibition, a cornerstone of the drug war, even as it hypocritically condemns systemic ...
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April 14, 2021

11% of teens who try marijuana report they are dependent a year later, national study says

Article excerpt: Using tobacco, marijuana or any drug at a young age “primes the receptors in the brain to expect ...
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April 6, 2021

Q2 Clinic Announces Appointment of Dr. Peter Grinspoon, M.D. as Chief Medical Director

Article excerpt: Q2 Clinic, the first international chain of Endocannabinology clinics, today announced the appointment of Dr. Peter Grinspoon, M.D ...
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March 10, 2021

Statements on New Jersey’s new marijuana law

Article excerpt: As a proud member of the NJUMR coalition, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation is grateful for all the hard ...
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February 22, 2021

Civil Rights Groups Push New Jersey Governor To Pardon People For Marijuana

Article excerpt: A coalition of civil rights and drug policy reform groups is calling on the governor of New Jersey ...
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December 21, 2020

Marijuana can be harmful for heart patients, but improves some risk factors, studies show

Article excerpt: There’s more evidence that smoking marijuana can be dangerous for people with heart disease, according to two new ...
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November 15, 2020

Call for Papers – Medical Cannabis in Professional Education

DFCR experts Mikhail Kogan, MD and Leslie Mendoza Temple, MD serve as guest editors for Elsevier’s Complementary Therapies in Medicine ...
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November 5, 2020

Cannabis Influencers: Call on this doctor for the answers about the plant’s potential

Article excerpt Monica Taing talks very fast. Enthusiasm is her accelerator pedal as the 29-year-old pharmacist from Jersey City describes ...
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October 27, 2020

NJ marijuana legalization: Time for voters to decide on legal weed

Article excerpt: Public question No. 1 on the general election ballot would amend the New Jersey State Constitution to legalize ...
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October 26, 2020

Delta-8-THC: Scientists explain the cannabis industry’s “latest hype”

Article excerpt: Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician at Harvard Medical School. He’s also on the board of the ...
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October 22, 2020

Don’t forget to turn the page and legalize marijuana

Article excerpt: “Do you approve of amending the Constitution to legalize a controlled form of marijuana called ‘cannabis’? Only adults ...
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October 21, 2020

Cannabis influencers: Doctor of Reform

Article excerpt: This story is part of a series of profiles, The CannaInfluencers: The people shaping the cannabis industry in ...
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October 16, 2020

The cannabis market already exists. Let’s regulate it.

DFCR Founder and President David Nathan co-authors an opinion piece with Paul Armentano regarding the upcoming vote to legalize cannabis ...
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October 12, 2020

Cannabis specialist Dr Peter Grinspoon explores education and policy in US addiction treatment

Article excerpt: Dr Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician, an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and a contributing editor ...
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October 9, 2020

What do doctors, nurses need to know about N.J.’s medical marijuana program, legalization?

Article excerpt: Despite being signed into law in July 2019, many of the improvements touted by Jake Honig’s Law, which ...
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September 30, 2020

DFCR Expert Mikhail Kogan Responds to New Guidelines for use of Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain

Recently new guidelines were issued on medical cannabis for chronic pain. An excerpt: Chronic pain patients can be treated with ...
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September 23, 2020

Delta-8-THC Promises to Get You High Without the Paranoia or Anxiety

Article excerpt: Delta-9-THC, the main drug in cannabis plants that gets people high, can also be a potent medicine. It ...
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September 23, 2020

Setting the Standard for Cannabis Labeling

David L. Nathan, MD on introducing the Universal Cannabis Product Symbol and the Universal Cannabis Information Label at Cannabis Science ...
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August 26, 2020

Drug Policy Alliance Leads Extensive Coalition of Public Health Organizations and Professionals in Calling on Congress to Support Marijuana Reform

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) led a group of 16 public health organizations and over 100 public ...
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August 10, 2020

Local leadership speak out in opposition to Missouri medical marijuana initiative

From the article: When voters head to the polls in November two initiatives regarding the legalization of medical marijuana will ...
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July 28, 2020

CBG May Be The New CBD

Article excerpt: “CBG is interesting in a lot of different ways,” says Peter Grinspoon, MD, primary care physician at Massachusetts ...
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July 27, 2020

The Science of the Endocannabinoid System

Originally appeared at the American Journal of Endocannabinoid Medicine The-Science-of-the-Endocannabinoid-System ...
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July 22, 2020

Building on Portland’s Vision of Equity: Q&A with Cannabis Program Supervisor Dasheeda Dawson

Article excerpt: Portland’s Office of Community & Civic Life named Dasheeda Dawson as its new cannabis program supervisor earlier this month, ...
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July 17, 2020

Portland’s New Cannabis Chief Dasheeda Dawson Has Big Plans

Article excerpt: Dasheeda Dawson, the new head of Portland, Ore.’s Cannabis Program, believes it’s essential to disseminate accurate information about ...
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July 10, 2020

Portland Civic Life Leader To Revamp Cannabis Social Equity

Article excerpt: Brooklyn native Dasheeda Dawson was recently put in charge the Cannabis Program of Portland, Oregon’s Office of Community ...
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July 10, 2020

Legal cannabis industry must reckon with systemic racism

Article excerpt: Systemic racism isn’t just intertwined with the criminalization of cannabis, but in the legal industry, too. Breaking into ...
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July 10, 2020

Dr. Lester Grinspoon encouraged America to ‘reconsider’ marijuana

Article excerpt: Dr. Lester Grinspoon passed away peacefully this morning, just a day after celebrating his 92nd birthday. As a ...
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June 25, 2020

Dr. Rachel Knox questions cannabis tax funding in Portland

Article excerpt: In 2016, Portland voters approved a 3 percent local tax on cannabis sales—money that was promised to fund ...
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June 18, 2020

City of Portland Welcomes Dasheeda Dawson as Cannabis Program Supervisor

The City of Portland has released a statement welcoming Dasheeda Dawson, a board member of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, as ...
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June 18, 2020

Doctors for Cannabis Regulation Announces the Appointment of Dr. Rachel Knox

Media Contact: Stephen Carter E: media@dfcr.org Ph: (202) 930-0097 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for Cannabis Regulation Announces the Appointment of ...
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May 21, 2020

Cannabis Policy Now Podcast: Why Doctors Support Regulating Cannabis

DFCR President and Founder Dr. David Nathan recently spoke to the Cannabis Policy Now podcast to talk about why more ...
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May 21, 2020

Medical Canabis Telehealth Gets Green Light During COVID Pandemic

“It’s mostly talking and at the end patients get an electronic copy of everything. They don’t even have to take ...
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May 4, 2020

How To Handle A Bad High, According To A Doctor

While they may feel scary, bad highs typically aren’t life-threatening, says Peter Grinspoon, MD, primary care physician at Massachusetts General ...
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April 21, 2020

Dr. David Nathan talks COVID-19 with NJ Cannabis Insider

In a recent conversation published in NJ Cannabis Insider, David Nathan, a Princeton-based psychiatrist and the founder of Doctors for ...
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April 17, 2020

Monica Taing talks CBD

Speaking with the publication Every Day Health, DFCR board member Monica Taing touched on the “entourage effect” in cannabis. Article ...
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April 14, 2020

DFCR Cautions Against Smoking and Vaping During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Washington, D.C. – The global COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered life around the world. The disease, which causes serious respiratory ...
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April 14, 2020

DFCR and other medical professionals, cannabis advocates, law enforcement officials, and clergy call for the cease of cannabis arrests and release of incarcerated cannabis offenders in light of COVID-19

Washington, D.C. — The Marijuana Policy Project and other organizations are urging law enforcement officials to dramatically curtail arrests for ...
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March 26, 2020

DFCR and other medical professionals, cannabis advocates, and law enforcement officials urge governors and legislative leaders to preserve and ensure cannabis access amid social distancing

Washington, D.C. — In response to escalating efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 by social distancing, the Marijuana Policy ...
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March 23, 2020

Public radio program discusses cannabis legalization in New York and Connecticut

WSHU Public Radio, which broadcasts in New York and Connecticut, invited Dr. David Nathan to its program to discuss cannabis ...
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March 5, 2020

Dr. Rachel Knox Discusses Mississippi Medical Cannabis Campaign

Mississippians for Compassionate Care invited Dr. Rachel Knox to discuss their “Medical Marijuana 2020” campaign, which seeks to legalize medical ...
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March 5, 2020

Conversations With Cannabis Influencers – Dr. Peter Grinspoon (Podcast)

David Hershkovits – Founder, Publisher and previous Editor in Chief of PAPER Magazine – explores the budding cannabis industry through ...
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March 5, 2020

Doctors for Cannabis Regulation Announces the Appointment of Dasheeda Dawson

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March 2, 2020

Medical marijuana dispensary technician program comes to Raritan Valley Community College

Article excerpt: As the marijuana industry buds in New Jersey, Raritan Valley Community College is offering a new program designed ...
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February 22, 2020

The Cut: Peter Grinspoon answers questions about CBD

“The enthusiasm for CBD has clearly outpaced the hard-core scientific evidence for what it actually does,” says Peter Grinspoon, instructor ...
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January 7, 2020

Military Matters Podcast: Cannabis – what are the facts, and can it be helpful?

Military Matters, a podcast that explores issues important to service members, veterans, contractors, and the communities that support them. Episode ...
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January 7, 2020

Al Harrington encourages the NBA to allow CBD use, reduce opioid use

Al Harrington, the former NBA forward and founder of cannabis company Viola, is championing medical cannabis in basketball. “The day-to-day ...
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December 30, 2019

A Look Inside the First Annual Science of Cannabis Symposium

Article excerpt: The Science of Cannabis Symposium held its first annual meeting on November 15, 2019, at Columbia University in ...
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December 16, 2019

New Jersey Lawmakers Taking Steps To Put Cannabis Legalization On The 2020 Ballot

New Jersey Assembly and Senate committees held hearings on Thursday to discuss a resolution that would put the question of ...
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December 12, 2019

New Jersey Medical Marijuana Town Hall Discusses Possible Changes to West Orange Zoning

Article excerpt: In response to the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis (Marijuana) Act, which was signed into law by ...
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October 29, 2019

State cannabis laws present medical malpractice conundrum

The dispensing of medical marijuana varies significantly by state, with some states allowing risker environments than others, said Monica Bopha ...
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October 25, 2019

Dr. Peter Grinspoon debates on cannabis and mental health

Alex Berenson is a former New York Times reporter and the author of Tell Your Children: The Truth About Madness, ...
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October 22, 2019

Talking About the Cons of Cannabis

The most extreme pro-cannabis narratives claim that cannabis is harmless, even a cure-all for diseases that has been suppressed by ...
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October 8, 2019

Podcast: Thinking Outside the Bud with Dr. Peter Grinspoon

Dr. Peter Grinspoon speaks with Thinking Outside the Bud podcast host Bruce Eckfeldt. Peter Grinspoon, MD, is a primary care ...
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July 16, 2019

U.S. Congress’ Hearing to End Cannabis Prohibition

“We must stop using a sledgehammer to kill a weed.” – David L. Nathan MD, DFPA Analytical Cannabis covers Dr ...
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July 11, 2019

Physicians’ Appeal for the Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis in the State of New York

Doctors Group Pushes For Legalizing Marijuana, from NY State of Politics, Spectrum News, 6/12/2019. As medical professionals and healthcare providers, ...
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June 12, 2019

Dr. Peter Grinspoon writes about cannabis edibles for Harvard Health Blog

Dr. Peter Grinspoon writes for Harvard Health Blog about cannabis edibles. Full article: Cannabis is medicine – don’t make it ...
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June 5, 2019

Doctors Group Supports Legalizing Cannabis in New York

Spectrum News New York coverage of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation backing the legalization of marijuana in New York ...
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June 1, 2019

Study proving efficacy of CBD in battling opioid addiction may pave way for widespread cannabis and hemp-based medical treatment

Article excerpt: A study has found that Cannabidiol, the non-psychoactive ingredient in hemp and marijuana, could prove effective in treating ...
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May 28, 2019