{"product_id":"seeing-through-the-smoke-a-cannabis-specialist-untangles-the-truth-about-marijuana-9781633888463","title":"Seeing Through the Smoke: A Cannabis Specialist Untangles the Truth about Marijuana","description":"\u003cp\u003eDepending on which doctor you speak with, or which websites you read, cannabis could be an appealing, low-risk medicine - even an aid to wellness - or an insidiously addictive drug rotting the brains of our youth. This dissonance confuses young people, distressed patients, and paralyzes politicians, all while inviting dubious sources of information and resulting in uninformed choices, enhanced polarization, and a fragmented national policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeing Through the Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching examination at the grossly misunderstood drug that uses data-driven medical science and a critical historical perspective to reveal the truth behind cannabis. In this balanced and measured investigation, Cannabis specialist and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School Dr. Peter Grinspoon untangles the reality behind cannabis, revealing how we ended up with radically divergent understandings of the drug and pointing a way toward a middle ground that we can all share.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving through an illuminating tour of the social history and the medical science behind cannabis, Grinspoon unpacks the layers of disinformation left by a sordid history of government propaganda, racial suppression, and indifference from the medical community to answer questions like: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs cannabis addictive?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are its best-established medical uses? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan cannabis help cure cancer? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow does cannabis affect memory? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow dangerous is cannabis for teens? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs cannabis a safer treatment for ADHD and PTSD? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat exactly is CBD and how is it different from marijuana?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are the most concerning side effects? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy focusing on the most critical purported harms--driving, pregnancy, addictiveness, memory--and by focusing on the most commonly cited medical benefits--relieving chronic pain, sleep, anxiety, PTSD, autism, and cancer--\u003ci\u003eSeeing Through the Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e will help patients, parents, doctors, health experts, regulators, and politicians move beyond biased perceptions and arrive at a shared reality towards cannabis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Grinspoon, M.D\u003c\/b\u003e. is a primary care physician and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is a certified Health and Wellness Coach as well as a board member of the advocacy group Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, and has been providing medical cannabis care for patients for two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Grinspoon is a widely recognized expert on cannabis science and drug policy. He regularly appears as an expert on national television and radio programs, including NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNBC Nightly News\u003c\/i\u003e, C-SPAN's \u003ci\u003eWashington Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFox and Friends \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFox News\u003c\/i\u003e. He is quoted frequently in the national media, in such venues as \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, New York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Washington Post, USA Today, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a TEDX speaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrinspoon's Harvard Health articles have reached tens of millions of readers, have been widely referenced in the national media, and have been cited in congressional testimony. 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