High NY: A Beginner's Guide to Medical Marijuana

High NY and PrestoDoctor want to educate New Yorkers about medical marijuana, the endocannabinoid system, and New York's Compassionate Care program. Featuring nationally recognized psychiatrist, award winning author, and founder and medical director of Casco Bay Medical, Dr. Jeremy Spiegel, will be teaching our guests the ABC's of Cannabis medicine. Food and refreshments will be provided. Dr. Jeremy Spiegel performs medical marijuana evaluations in Danvers, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine, and Westbury, Long Island, New York. He treats opioid addiction in his Portland office exclusively. A graduate of Princeton University and Dartmouth Medical School, Dr. Spiegel has been practicing medicine for 20 years. He is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades for his work in art history, psychological research, and writings on the arts and the human condition. He is the author of The Mindful Medical Student: A Psychiatrist’s Guide to Staying Who You Are While Becoming Who You Want to Be (Dartmouth College Press, 2009) as well as Art Healing: Visual Art for Emotional Insight and Well Being (Seishin Books, 2011). Dr. Spiegel is a regular presenter at the Creativity and Madness Conferences in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has been a frequent guest on live broadcasts of The Positive Mind on New York City’s WBAI 99.5 FM and was a staff psychiatrist at the Dimele Center for Psychotherapy in Manhattan. He has appeared multiple times as an expert on National Geographic Channel’s television program Taboo and Hardcore Hobbies. For more information about NY's #1 Cannabis Meetup group, visit www.HighNY.com