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Philanthropy Funds Cannabis Alzheimer’s Study

May 13, 2019 by Abbie Rosner Leave a Comment

Kathy, Alex and Greg Spier

Greg Spier doesn’t remember his father ever talking about his experiences during the Holocaust. But after developing Alzheimer’s disease, the suppressed trauma from the concentration camps resurfaced to torment him. And the son could only stand by, helplessly, watching his father wracked by anxiety and sleeplessness that no medication his doctors came up with could relieve.  Read more on Forbes.com

Filed Under: Alzheimer's, cannabis and the over 50's, cannabis research, medical cannabis, medical marijuana

About Abbie Rosner

Abbie Rosner is a writer interested in how her cohort of Baby Boomers is exploring - and re-exploring - the drugs of our youth to enhance the way we age and transition. Her book, ELDEREVOLUTION - Psychedelics and the New Counterculture of Aging, will be published by Park Street Press in Spring 2026.

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Abbie Rosner

I am a writer and baby boomer covering how the current "psychedelic renaissance" is transforming the ways we approach aging - individually and as a society. My book, Psychedelics and the ... Read More »

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