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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: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday September 08 2018, @01:42AM (2 children)
Well, those that weren't actual hippies certainly knew enough of them. I'm amazed it's not closer to 25%.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday September 08 2018, @02:16AM (1 child)
Sometimes, the oldeads were the ones who bought us our weed while we were scrappy punks willing to ride our bicycles across town for a mere nickelbag of low-grade pot smuggled through the cow's ass. Those old fuckers owned their own homes so we could smoke in there while shooting the shit with them. In their previous lives, they were executives, machinists, high-school teachers.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 08 2018, @12:28PM
Jesus Christ! EF paid extra to have his bag of weed pulled from a cow's ass!