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By Christina Caron, The New York Times Company Seniors are one of the fastest-growing populations of cannabis users in the United States. While some older a ...

While many experts agree that marijuana has therapeutic value, they also caution that older adults should consider potential downsides, such as marijuana interfering with other medication or exacerbating chronic conditions.

Seniors are one of the fastest-growing populations of cannabis users in the United States.

The number of people aged 65 and older in the United States who had reported using cannabis in the past year rose to almost 3% by 2016. As of 2022, it was at more than 8%.

Older people are using cannabis more than ever. Here’s what to know about its potential medicinal benefits and side effects as we age.

Seniors are one of the fastest-growing populations of cannabis users in the United States. While some older adults have used pot for decades, studies suggest that others are turning to the drug for the first time to help them sleep better, dampen pain or treat anxiety — especially when prescription drugs, which often come with unwanted side effects, don’t work as intended. In 2007, only about 0.4% of people age 65 and older in the United States had reported using cannabis in the pa...

According to research, the Baby Boomer generation has been rolling its own fair share of joints over the last few years. In the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 1.4% of adults over the age of 65 reported using marijuana during the past year. In the 2021 survey, that number increased to a little over 7%.

When Dr. Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist, meets new patients at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, he talks with them about the usual health issues that older adults face: chronic conditions, functional ability, medications and how they’re working.