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

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: 2) by crafoo on Sunday September 09 2018, @08:19PM

    by crafoo (6639) on Sunday September 09 2018, @08:19PM (#732563)

    It's highly doubtful that you are faster now, in terms of reflexes / muscle speed, than you were at 18-25.
    Kind of related, but people don't understand why 18-25 males act and feel invincible. To them I say, you've never been a fit, strong 18 year old male, have you? It was fucking amazing.

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