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More baby boomers turning to cannabis, study says
Seniors are increasingly passing the pipe. About 9% of US adults between the ages of 50 and 64 have used marijuana at least once during the survey year, while 3% of those over 65 have done so, new research finds.
For middle-age adults, the percentage of cannabis users has doubled over nearly a decade, according to the study, published Thursday in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Older adults have seen a seven-fold increase in that period.
Though marijuana use is increasing among older Americans, "most of these people are not first-time users," said Joseph Palamar, senior study author and an associate professor in the Department of Population Health at New York University Langone Medical Center. "I don't think we need to worry about millions of older people trying weed for the first time," he said. "At least not yet."
Marijuana use by middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 2015–2016 (DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.07.006) (DX)
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @01:10AM (11 children)
They aren't about to get pregnant. They don't need to drive to work anymore. Their kids are grown, so lung disease and cancer won't be making orphans. We're just waiting for them to die anyway, so if they want to hallucinate and lose all motivation to do anything besides smoke... fine. That is totally fine.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday September 08 2018, @01:35AM (5 children)
My Grandpa was an old-skool military officer. Later in life he developed some nasty ailments which involved having his face nuked off, and since he was not yet at the EOL stage but hated unionists and drug-abusing hippie commie pinkos, San Diego's best scientists decided to give him Marinol (this was before weed was legal). He didn't know any better, he trusted the doctors to prescribe him the right medication.
Shortly afterward, he told his wife, for the first time in her life, that he loves her.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @07:34AM (1 child)
Lol, unexpected wholesome?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @08:38AM
Then his wife slapped him, kick him to the curb and screamed "Get the fuck out of my house you junky commie niger! And take your Jew doctor's pills with you!".
And now you know Ethanol-fueled origin story.
(Score: 2) by Kell on Saturday September 08 2018, @10:22AM (2 children)
It's a lovely story, but I do have to ask - who marries someone who has never before said they love her? It was a different time with different standards, I guess?
Scientists ask questions. Engineers solve problems.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 08 2018, @12:23PM (1 child)
There have always been fucked up people - both the males and the females. EF is trying to paint a Marine as an unfeeling, almost unhuman creature. And, at the same time, he paints the Marine's wife as some old whore who married the Marine for "security" - by some definitions of "security". But, back to fucked up people - yeah, we have EF. There's one in every crowd.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday September 08 2018, @07:06PM
He was Air Force, and before that he grew up an orphan on the streets of New York City. Kinda toughens one to the point where they believe that showing positive emotion is a sign of weakness. Still took good care of her, though. Growing up during the great depression really sends a message about the importance saving every damn penny you earn.
Every damn penny I earn gets spent on dope, hookers, and fried oysters.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @01:54AM (2 children)
"We're just waiting for them to die anyway ..."
.
That's funny, some of us baby boomers are looking forward to watching YOU die.
I'm a baby boomer. I was a tunnel rat. Look that up and see if you think I would be
scared of you.
I'd love to meet you and teach you some respect for your elders, you little shit stain.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @02:09AM (1 child)
Of course you're not scared; you have a shitton of money and you're a selfish asshole who plans to be buried with your fortune. You secretly wish you could destroy the entire world when you die because nobody else deserves to live after you're dead.
Fucking die right now, you piece of shit.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 08 2018, @12:24PM
Your ignorance is limitless.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @07:36AM
Im sorry you are so afraid and ignorant. Maybe one day you will be able to enjoy this gift called life. And no that isnt a veiled hint that you must try drugs, just your mentality is sad.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by taylormc on Saturday September 08 2018, @08:07PM
Also likely is that they're suffering from the aches and pains of middle and old age, and finding that marijuana helps with them. I can tell you that a judicious mix of sativa and indica, even with the THC element removed, provides great assistance for my wife, a fibromyalgia sufferer.