High & Gray: Why are America’s grandmother and grandfather ston – doctors worrying | World News
New Delhi: America’s elderly people are not only a barbecue, but also light. The country’s fastest growing cannabis user group is not young or a millennium, but grandmother and grandfather.
According to new research in Jama Internal Affairs, the use of cannabis among 65 or larger adults jumped a stunning 46% from 2021 to 2023. This is not a spelling error.
According to Axios, seven percent of the US elderly agreed to use cannabis last month.
And although this number does not seem too big, it points to a sharp increase from only 4.8% two years ago, lifting eyebrows in both medical and public health circles.
The increase is an easier access (thanks to legal herb), a mixture that changes social norms, and its efforts to manage chronic pain, anxiety and insomnia. However, some experts say that this silver stoner fluctuation can come with serious disadvantages.
Cannabis can be difficult. It can help pain, but can intervene in drugs, disrupt the senses and increase the risk of falling.
In other words, today is not your weed oral grass. Today’s strains can be more powerful, more psychoactive and much less foreseen in bodies interested in age -related situations such as hypertension, diabetes and COPD.
Interestingly, the biggest increase in cannabis use came from richer adults – the winners of over $ 75,000 per year. This group increased from the lowest use rate in 2021 to the highest level in 2023 (9.1%).
Women also increased a more significant increase, although the use of general men was slightly higher.
The questionnaire did not distinguish between medical and entertainment purposes, it opened a key question – the elderly as an alternative treatment to cannabis or a new way to relax?
In both cases, experts warn that the line between healing and damage may be weak in the razor, especially in elderly adults who cannot get the right guidance.
In addition to the study, three geri -warning warnings on a published editorial – Cannabis could be an attractive option for some, we do not have enough evidence to fully understand the risks.
Is this a bold new green medical world for the aging population of America or a less -regulated gambling with high -betting results? In both cases, something is open – the golden years were a little greener.
