Episode 40: Peter Grinspoon: Free Refills

An episode of the The Social Exchange podcast, hosted by Zach Rhoads, titled "Episode 40: Peter Grinspoon: Free Refills" was published on June 26, 2019 and runs 46 minutes.

June 26, 2019 ·46m · The Social Exchange

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Summary

Dr. Peter Grinspoon is a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and teaches at Harvard Medical School. He is an expert in addiction medicine and cannabis respectively. Peter is also the author of the book Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction, which is a memoirs detailing his experience with opiate addiction as well as his subsequent recovery. We talked about his book as well as MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment) for opioid addiction (Peter's take is very different than our first guest of the season, Mark Scheeren). ****** Find Peter on twitter http://twitter.com/Peter_Grinspoon Check out Peter's book, "Free Refills" https://amazon.com/Free-Refills-Doctor-Confronts-Addiction-ebook/dp/B00Z7J7BEM Find out what else Peter is up to here https://petergrinspoon.com/ ****** CHECK OUT PRODUCER AARON FERGUSON'S ORIGINAL MUSIC HERE http://soundcloud.com/knowmad1 ****** VISIT OUR NEW "MODES OF EXCHANGE" BLOG SITE http://modesofexchange.org LEARN ABOUT ZACH'S BOOK WITH STANTON PEELE, OUTGROWING ADDICTION http://outgrowingaddiction.com Become a Patron http://patreon.com/thesocialexchange Visit our audible link--- download a free audio book and support the show! http://audibletrial.com/socialexchange Listen on iTunes (and leave us a review!) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t... * * * * * * Thanks to our new patrons - Dee-Dee Stout - Christopher Hanlon - André Pampel - CARTER Vermont - Rick Barnett - Anne M. Earle - Inigo - Jon Holt - Laila Ferguson - Mary Kay Villaverde - Michelle - NANCY - Sean Holt - Regina Ferguson - Timmy Tucker - Christian - Thomas Rhoads - Kathleen Cochran - Marjorie Israel - Diane T - Trevor - Sue Mathieu - Linda Rhoads

Episode Description

Dr. Peter Grinspoon is a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and teaches at Harvard Medical School. He is an expert in addiction medicine and cannabis respectively. Peter is also the author of the book Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction, which is a memoirs detailing his experience with opiate addiction as well as his subsequent recovery.

We talked about his book as well as MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment) for opioid addiction (Peter's take is very different than our first guest of the season, Mark Scheeren).

******

Find Peter on twitter http://twitter.com/Peter_Grinspoon

Check out Peter's book, "Free Refills" https://amazon.com/Free-Refills-Doctor-Confronts-Addiction-ebook/dp/B00Z7J7BEM

Find out what else Peter is up to here https://petergrinspoon.com/

******

CHECK OUT PRODUCER AARON FERGUSON'S ORIGINAL MUSIC HERE

http://soundcloud.com/knowmad1

******

VISIT OUR NEW "MODES OF EXCHANGE" BLOG SITE

http://modesofexchange.org

LEARN ABOUT ZACH'S BOOK WITH STANTON PEELE, OUTGROWING ADDICTION http://outgrowingaddiction.com

Become a Patron http://patreon.com/thesocialexchange

Visit our audible link--- download a free audio book and support the show! http://audibletrial.com/socialexchange

Listen on iTunes (and leave us a review!) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

* * * * * *

Thanks to our new patrons

- Dee-Dee Stout

- Christopher Hanlon

- André Pampel

- CARTER Vermont

- Rick Barnett

- Anne M. Earle

- Inigo

- Jon Holt

- Laila Ferguson

- Mary Kay Villaverde

- Michelle

- NANCY

- Sean Holt

- Regina Ferguson

- Timmy Tucker

- Christian

- Thomas Rhoads

- Kathleen Cochran

- Marjorie Israel

- Diane T

- Trevor

- Sue Mathieu

- Linda Rhoads

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