SENIORS INCREASING POT USE

A new study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, where researchers – from the San Diego School of Medicine along with NYU Grossman School of Medicine – evaluated nearly 15,700 adults aged 65 and older, finds that cannabis use among the olds climbed from 4.8% in 2021 to 7% in 2023. The study also found cannabis use doubled or more among older adults with chronic illnesses, such as COPD, heart conditions, diabetes, cancer, or two or more chronic diseases. The authors caution that older adults are particularly vulnerable to adverse effects—including increased risk of emergencies and falls—given physiological changes and the more frequent chronic health issues in this population.
* The people that were high in the ’60’s and 70’s and now high in THEIR 60’s and 70’s.
* At least grandma’s apartment doesn’t smell like rose powder and menthol anymore.
* Willie Nelson – ahead of his time. (And a head of his time.)
* Cheech & Chong got started in the 70s. How do they even have any lungs left?