Works by
Lester Grinspoon, M.D.
(Writer, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard
Medical School , emeritus)

Non-fiction

• Marihuana: The Forbidden Medicine (1993, 1997) by Lester Grinspoon with James B. Bakalar
  In this important and timely book, two eminent researchers describe the medical benefits of marihuana, explain why its use has been forbidden, and argue for its full legalization to make it available to all patients who need it. Highly praised when it was first published in 1993, the book has been expanded to include new examples of the ways that marihuana alleviates symptoms of cancer chemotherapy, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, glaucoma, AIDS, and depression, as well as symptoms of such less common disorders as Crohn`s disease, diabetic gastroparesis, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

• Depression and Other Mood Disorders (1991) by James B. Bakalar and Lester Grinspoon

• Psychedelic Reflections (1983) by James Bakalar and Lester Grinspoon

• Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered (1979)

• Schizophrenia: Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy (1977)

• Cocaine: A Drug and Its Social Evolution (1976) by James Bakalar and Lester Grinspoon

• Speed Culture: Amphetamine Use and Abuse in America (1975) by Lester Grinspoon and Peter Hedblom

• Marihuana Reconsidered (1971, 1977, 1994)
  A thorough evaluation of the benefits and dangers of cannabis.

Other

• The Long Darkness: Psychological and Moral Perspectives on Nuclear Winter (1986), Lester Grinspoon, ed.
  Includes chapters by Carl Sagen, Eric H. Erickson, Harry Steele Commager, J. Bryan Hehir, Jerome D. Frank, John E. Mack, Robert J. Lifton, and Stephen Jay Gould

• Drug Control in a Free Society (1985) by James B. Bakalar with Lester Grinspoon
  Virtually all known human groups have devised and regularly used techniques for altering consciousness, among which alcohol and drugs are prominent. The authors offer a provocative analysis of the philosophical, sociological, and historical background of the attempt to control consciousness-altering drugs in modern industrial societies. In considering the right of individuals to diversify and enrich their experience versus the obligations of government to protect their citizens, they enable readers to step back for a moment and examine alternative ways of looking at what is usually called the drug problem.