Lester Grinspoon | |
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Died | June 25, 2020 Newton, Massachusetts, US | (aged 92)
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Children | 4, including David and Peter |
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Scientific career | |
Institutions | Harvard Medical School |
Lester Grinspoon (June 24, 1928 – June 25, 2020) was an American psychiatrist and long-standing associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School best known for his groundbreaking works on the science and social policy of cannabis, psychedelics and other drugs, and for his commitment to changing harmful drug policies.[1] He concurrently served as a senior psychiatrist at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston, Massachusetts, for 40 years.[2] Grinspoon was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Psychiatric Association.[2] He was founding editor of The American Psychiatric Association Annual Review and Harvard Mental Health Letter.[2] Grinspoon was editor of Harvard Mental Health Letter for fifteen years.