The sweet scent of baking cookies wafting from grandma's house may be mixed with a more pungent aroma these days. The smell of marijuana.
The numbers of American seniors over age 65 who now smoke marijuana or use edibles increased two-fold between 2015 and 2018, according to research published Monday in JAMA. California septuagenarian Carol Collins is one of them. About two years ago she began eating a marijuana"gummy" each night before bed to help with sleep.Don't trust your memories if you're high on weed, study says"I am an absolute chronic insomniac.
One possible interaction -- among many -- is with the blood thinner warfarin, which has been frequently used in the elderly population, she said."Marijuana may increase the serum concentrations of warfarin and increase the risk for bleeds," Mahvan said, adding that the use of marijuana could also affect a senior's ability to open and manage their medications.
Arrange them to Keep them Busy , Work or Business , they are Restless
It’s always good for anyone but not smoking though because of its killer combustion. It should just be vaped which seem a cleaner intake that can never see your eyes reddish or darkened lips.
Fake News CNN peddling drug dealings for the Democratic Communists
Helps with pain, relieves stress and anxiety. Chill out. People are coming out of the weed closet. Use may be on the rise, but mostly people are more likely to admit to it. Far better and safer than alcohol.
THE DOCTORS OUGHT TO READ THE 1898 EAST INDIA HEMP COMPANIES STUDY AND REPORT ON CHRONIC USE OF HEMP. FOUND TO BE NO MORE HARMFUL HEN CHRONIC ALCOHOL USE. THE HUMAN BRAIN HAS RECEPTORS SPECIFIC FOR THC AND AND OTHER MARIJUANA COMPOUNDS. OTHER DRUG DO NOT. SO DON'T WORRY DOCS.
Donald Trump won't smoke marijuana because weed causes people to tell the truth
Bernie Bros no doubt.
Why not?
Marijuanavirus?
Most are scared to death of your network fear mongor stories
These are baby boomers They have been trying it since the flower child days.
Serious risks...of them hogging up all the cookies!
Wouldn't you want to get stoned with trump in charge!
You go guys SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE..
Maybe there is some hope for this sick and demented authoritarian country.
incredible news, truly
Hey krispykreme you seeing this? You need to set up some outlets near retirement homes.
This is an absolute disaster. My wife smoked “two blunts worth of middies” this morning, and has refused to take off her noise cancelling ear phones ALL DAY LONG.
War on Drugs was another GOP failure! Ruined people’s lives, put people in jail, taxed people unnecessarily... none of them should be hired for anything!
You do know it was not invented by millennials, don’t you?
good, boomers need to chill out
Doobie doobie doo. The Boomers are smoking too. Puff-puff-pass, grandma! haiku haikusfromthenews 420friendly
you hear that its the sounds of Big Pharma ringing its hands in anger
Can you blame them in this climate?
Duh
Ppl over 60yrs should stop smoking Weed. It is 2 hard on the tissues of the heart & arteries and Ur health will plummet in a matter of just a few mos. BEWARE
Normal output reflected against the greed of pharmaceutical corporations. live_and_let_live
Baby boomers are lit 🔥. Literally
Wazee wamechelewa mno 😂😂.
Legalize. Seniors and people like me with Chronic pain have to find something other than Opiod's. I'm tired of Doctors shoving pills down my throat when i go!
What risks, i know of none, who said that must be the big pharmaceutical company
If you smoke weed, you get high. If you read books, you get educated. If you do both, you get highly educated.
Well thats good ..check on ur dads or gran dads too
Good form them! Enjoy retirement
Yup
Dining down Society
Sad. Dumbing down of America.
Kinda proud to be a Canadian right now. Your studies and research can go f*'k themselves.
FAKE NEWS! A significant number of 'baby boomers' that ingested MJ back in the '70s & '80s' grew out of it' & don't like the side effects!🤪 Js
Well gee I wonder why.
Boomers have always loved marijuana.
well, what else is new
Well of course they are! We smoked it illegally in our college days. Now we can be legit. Seriously, you must have expected this to happen, right? (Deep inhale and hold breath)
This article is hilariously bad. Get lit and read it!
Shocking, considering that they are the ones that made us so afraid of something so helpful! justsayno takeabiteoutofcrime
Marijuana and hemp should be as legal as roses and apple pie. They are safer than most of our groceries. It is time to move beyond the Reefer Madness mentality.
Well, I'm damn close to 65, but I haven't contributed to the usage increase: I've been availing myself of this wonderful herb for 40+ years. Highly recommended! Oh, and it has medicinal benefits as well 😆, which have truly proven beneficial in these 'senior' years. S'truth. 😁
just legalize the shit already!
I'm sure it has a lot to do with medical marijuana, and states that have legalized it. And you don't have to smoke it if you don't want to.
In some years the Johnny W & co producer are going to be insolvent, cause nobody is drinking alc anymore
cnn you need to have musical guests on your shows that sing about the wonders of maryjane...speaking of which:
They aren't law breakers. Once legal they weren't playing around anymore. Lol
Alcohol and gravity are more dangerous
Cheers!🎉
It's a gateway. Those folks better watch out.
The seniors clearly choose Marijuana over Alcohol and its hangovers..Make it legal in every state
Grown Folks!
Finna toke something right now 🔥🔥🔥 Thank god for legal marijuana
nice to know what my social security tax dollars are going to. that was money i didn't need anyway though.
America needs to smoke weed to calm down. Too much Trumpmania is souring the country.
They were lied to their whole life.
Vote Bernie - Free the weed
imagine being 65 and just starting to smoke weed
....
Makes sense! They were the ones using most of it in the 1970s!!
We were using it to begin with dummy CNN. What the hell do they think we are antiques?
Go the oldies.
Breaking federal law. Should be arrested.
Numbers getting higher and higher.
Hey! It helps.
And 97% of all elderly pot smokers live in The Villages.
Perhaps because of Parkinson's? I got my dad high and his tremors decreased by like 90%.
What foolishness. 😠
Well we are the original flower children 😁 not that I'm that old but I am close
You know what that means. In 10 years it will sharply rise for adults over 75....
The war on drugs crowd?
Mostly because of trump, you think. The trump effect.
Some Dead playin, puff puff pass...Groovy man!
I wish more people used therapeutic cannabis. It works on chronic conditions and lessens the need for some big Pharma drugs - all this without chewing up your liver.
Better than vitamin C vitamins .. cannabis 🇨🇦
You only live once. Retired and fried. Self-medication is CHEAPER than prescribed meds.
They may be over 70 now but back in the 60's?
lol i feel like the only person who doesn’t smoke weed 😅
65 year olds now came of age in the 70s - is this really any surprise ?
FAKE NEWS.
So... what? 🤷♀️
Now that the research proved that this was medicinal, what else was expected? The increase was clearly inevitable.
Looks like nobody is buying your big pharma negative articles on Cannabis you run all the time CNN 😆 Nor all your other clearly bias FakeNews
Just reliving thier youth ;-)
Do you have a template for weed panic stories? Cause it sure seems like it.
Some of us were Little bittie bab's N the sixties...we Hit our mark n 70's. '76 was my year, & '77 brought me here, & here's where i'll stay till my L0ve catches me away very soon, someday!
Smh these stoner teens
No biggie. It's just all of us old dopers from the '60s who now have readily available, and even legal in some places, sources of clean dope. Ain't retirement grand!
Awesome! I’m pretty sure they don’t want to be stuck popping pills! They just need to legalize it. 👌🏽👌🏽
Literally has changed my life, my ptsd is basically gone. Only problem is employers are incompetent and won’t hire me!
I need the vaping one for my depression, maybe it will make me happy
Good for them! Better than a bunch of chemical baked pills
hey man, let's go hang out at the Senior Home!
Make it LEGAL! Enough people have had their lives ruined by prohibition. Support individual rights the way u support abortion, my body my choice!
LEGALIZE IT.
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