“I began to study marijuana in 1967... I had not yet learned that there is something very special about illicit drugs. If they don't always make the drug user behave irrationally, they certainly cause many non-users to behave that way.” IfsWayCausesStudySpecialDrugBehaveMarijuanaUsers Author:Lester Grinspoon
“Marijuana is one of the least toxic substances in the whole pharmacopoeia” WholeSubstanceToxicMarijuana Author:Lester Grinspoon
“Cannabis is remarkably safe. Although not harmless, it is surely less toxic than most of the conventional medicines it could replace if it were legally available. Despite its use by millions of people over thousands of years, cannabis has never caused an overdose death.” PeopleIfsYearsUseMillionsSafeMedicineAvailableDespiteToxicMarijuanaConventionalCannabisMedical MarijuanaOverdose Author:Lester Grinspoon
“I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects of our society and our educational system, un-available to us without such drugs.” LevelsDrugPerceptionAvailableEducationalConvincedGenuineOur SocietyPotWeedMarijuanaDefectsCannabisEducational System Book:Marihuana reconsidered Source: Marihuana reconsidered
“I've been smoking marijuana for 44 years now, and ... I think it's a tremendous blessing.” ThinkingYearsBlessingSmokingWeedMarijuanaCannabisFunny MarijuanaFunny Weed Author:Lester Grinspoon
“Marijuana is effective at relieving nausea and vomiting, spasticity, appetite loss, certain types of pain, and other debilitating symptoms. And it is extraordinarily safe - safer than most medicines prescribed every day. If marijuana were a new discovery rather than a well-known substance carrying cultural and political baggage, it would be hailed as a wonder drug.” IfsWellsWould BePainPoliticalCertainLossKnownWonderTypeDrugSafeDiscoveryMedicineSubstanceAppetiteMarijuanaWell KnownSymptomsBaggageNew DiscoveriesNauseaVomiting Author:Lester Grinspoon
