A prescient pioneer: UMass forum celebrates the late Harvard psychiatrist Lester Grinspoon, an early advocate for legalizing marijuana

AMHERST — A pioneer in the effort to decriminalize marijuana. A dedicated advocate of reining in nuclear weapons. A brilliant psychiatrist and omnivorous learner who, as one admirer put it, “applied science to social justice issues.” And, in the words...

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