📋 Many Older Adults Use Cannabis for Health Reasons (AARP Article)

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📋 Many Older Adults Use Cannabis for Health Reasons (AARP Article)

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1 in 5 Older Adults Uses Cannabis.

AARP-supported research shows many people 50-plus try THC to aid health.

By Rachel Nania, AARP. Published September 12, 2024.

Older adults are increasingly turning to cannabis to alleviate pain, get help with sleep, improve mental health or cope with other medical conditions, new research finds.

One in 5 people (21 percent) ages 50-plus said they used some form of cannabis — be it food, drink, flower or another type— at least once in the last year, a report from the University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging found. That’s up from 1 in 8 (12 percent) in 2021. In 2015 and 2016, roughly 3 percent of adults 65 and older used cannabis, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

https://www.aarp.org/health/drugs-supplements/info-2024/cannabis-use-in-older-adults.html

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