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U.S. Baby Boomers Increasingly Using Cannabis

posted by chromas on Saturday September 08 2018, @01:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the up-in-smoke dept.

takyon writes:

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."

Also at Newsweek and Inverse.

Marijuana use by middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 2015–2016 (DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.07.006) (DX)

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @04:45AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @04:45AM (#732046)

    Boomers are the disease, and the millenials are the outcome.

    Any question?

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @07:38AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @07:38AM (#732080)

    Yeah, why did your mom not abort?

    Ok that is really mean. How about, why didnt your dad beat some respect and common sense into you?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @07:25PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @07:25PM (#732285)

      Don't be a sexist! Women are perfectly capable of belting their children just as well as a man!