This Washingon Post [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...111503007.html] article presents an interesting trend. According to the article:
So are YOUR Mom and Pop enjoying their leisure years by including pakalolo use?
Is this a case of more older adults taking up smoking pot, or a case of them having smoked all along but now being more willing to admit it?
Will this increase in “usage” (or the admission of use) help result in legalization, or be considered a threat and bring about more restrictions (such as a reduction for medicinal reasons).
What do you think of the increase in statistics of adult users?
The government's most recent survey showed that the share of marijuana users ages 50 to 59 increased from 5.1 percent in 2002 to almost 10 percent in 2007.
Some of those users are empty-nesters, returning to the drug decades after their pot habits gave way to raising children and building careers. Others, like Lee, have kept using pot all along, researchers said.
But some older marijuana users say they are living evidence that smoking pot does not preclude a normal life, and more older smokers seem more comfortable than at any point since their teen years with going public -- a tribute, they say, to a big boost in public tolerance of marijuana use.
Although young users generally go to some lengths to keep their pot use under wraps, those of a certain age -- especially those not in danger of being kicked out of school or subjected to workplace drug tests -- seem more likely to talk about their usage.
So are YOUR Mom and Pop enjoying their leisure years by including pakalolo use?
Is this a case of more older adults taking up smoking pot, or a case of them having smoked all along but now being more willing to admit it?
Will this increase in “usage” (or the admission of use) help result in legalization, or be considered a threat and bring about more restrictions (such as a reduction for medicinal reasons).
What do you think of the increase in statistics of adult users?
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