{"id":43675,"date":"2020-07-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2020\/07\/19\/the-cannabis-now-guide-to-seniors-and-cannabis\/"},"modified":"2020-07-20T01:45:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T09:45:32","slug":"the-cannabis-now-guide-to-seniors-and-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2020\/07\/19\/the-cannabis-now-guide-to-seniors-and-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cannabis Now Guide to Seniors and Cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cannabis use continues to increase in popularity among adults 65 years of age and older in the United States. With the legalization of cannabis in many states for either medical or recreational purposes, there is growing interest in using it to treat a variety of long-term health conditions and symptoms common among older adults. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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READ: 5 Tips for Seniors Thinking About Visiting A Dispensary For the First Time<\/a><\/h4>\n

More than ever, cannabis use is\u00a0on the rise for seniors<\/a>. Legalization has given seniors more access to information that has helped to soften their harsh views of weed and create curiosity where there was once only disdain. <\/p>\n

Yet, even with more material about cannabis becoming mainstream some seniors may still struggle to bridge the gap between their interest and their apprehension when it comes to actually going to a dispensary to buy cannabis for themselves.<\/p>\n

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READ: Sue Taylor: Why Seniors Need to be Educated About Cannabis<\/a><\/h4>\n

Sue Taylor remembers a time when propaganda promoting the fear of marijuana was at a fever pitch \u2014\u00a0she admits that she used to think cannabis was \u201cjust as bad\u201d as heroin or cocaine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never had any intention of getting involved in the cannabis industry. You know, \u2018Reefer Madness\u2019 really did a number on me and my generation.\u201d Taylor says. \u201cI was taught that it was a very bad drug that made people do bad things \u2014\u00a0especially Black people. And, at the time, I believed it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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READ: \u2018Grace & Frankie\u2019: Seniors Who Smoke<\/a><\/h4>\n

Legendary actresses Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda will reprise their roles as Frankie Bergstein and Grace Hanson, two older women who frequently partake in some sinsemilla on-screen.<\/p>\n

Fonda and Tomlin have blazed a cannabis trail on screen before. In the breakthrough 1980 film \u201c9 to 5<\/a>,\u201d the pair played office co-workers who hatch a comical plot to improve their workplace conditions at \u201can old-fashioned ladies pot party.\u201d Tomlin played Violet, the brains of the operation, while Fonda was the innocent secretary learning how to smoke marijuana and maneuver in a man\u2019s world.<\/p>\n

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READ: Smoking Seniors: Inside the Retirement Community with a \u2018Cannabis Club\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n

They are former biologists, engineers, therapists. They grew up under the influence of Richard Nixon and \u201cReefer Madness<\/a>.\u201d Some of them experimented with pot in their 20s. Others came upon cannabis much later, in their 50s. Today they have two things in common: They all live in a gated senior community called\u00a0Rossmoor.\u00a0<\/a>And they all consume cannabis.<\/p>\n

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READ: Cannabis & Boomers: The Generation Gap in Cannabis Culture<\/a><\/h4>\n

Boomers are using cannabis more, with many turning to the herb as medicine to deal with the challenges of advancing years. They are also the generation that begins the demographic tilt in favor of legalization.<\/p>\n

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READ: Cannabis & Dementia: New Study Explores Pot\u2019s Potential for Treatment<\/a><\/h4>\n

In the decades since the medical marijuana movement began in earnest in the 1970s, cannabis has been anecdotally touted as an effective treatment for a variety of illnesses, including those impacting brain function, such as seizures, anxiety and depression. However, peer-reviewed research into the plant\u2019s benefits remained stunted thanks to federal cannabis prohibition. But in recent years, new research both in the U.S. and abroad is finding breakthroughs about how cannabis could as a possible treatment for a variety of illnesses.<\/p>\n

TELL US<\/strong>, are you senior who uses cannabis?<\/p>\n

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