# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lester-grinspoon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:29:42.240Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lester-grinspoon"
name: "Lester Grinspoon"
slug: "lester-grinspoon"
description: "Lester Grinspoon was an American psychiatrist and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard University, best known for his work on the science and social policy of cannabis, psychedelics and other drugs, prompting his ensuing commitment to the reformation of drug policies. He concurrently served as a senior psychiatrist at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center for 40 years. Grinspoon was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Psychiatric Association. He was founding editor of The American Psychiatric Association Annual Review and Harvard Mental Health Letter. Grinspoon was editor of Harvard Mental Health Letter for fifteen years."
tagline: "American physician (1928–2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Lester_Grinspoon.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1928-06-24"
deathDate: "2020-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.353853333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.marijuana-uses.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Lester Grinspoon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Grinspoon"
    title: "Lester Grinspoon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Grinspoon"
    title: "Lester Grinspoon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%97%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "レスター・グリンスプーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Гринспун, Лестер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Grinspoon"
    title: "Lester Grinspoon"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump