{"id":21637,"date":"2020-02-29T10:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T17:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=63503"},"modified":"2020-02-29T10:02:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T17:02:47","slug":"cannabis-consumption-up-among-american-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/cannabis-consumption-up-among-american-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis consumption up among American seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While marijuana use among young people has remained steady, it\u2019s up among American seniors, according to a new analysis.<\/p>\n

Doctors Joseph J. Palamar and Benjamin Han surveyed 14,896 people and found that among Americans 65 and older, 4.2% reported using cannabis, up from 2.4% in 2015.<\/p>\n

The study\u2019s authors said the increase probably has little to do with legalization. Instead, people hear about marijuana\u2019s potential medical uses and want to try it.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re also doubtful that these seniors are trying marijuana for the first time.<\/p>\n

However, it appears the increase in cannabis use is driven largely by those who do not have multiple chronic medical conditions, the study found.<\/p>\n

Palamar is an associate professor of population health at New York University\u2019s Langone Medical Center. Han is with the New York University School of Medicine. Their research was published earlier this week in Jama Internal Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were significant increases among women, individuals of white and nonwhite races\/ethnicities, individuals with a college education, individuals with incomes of $20\u202f000 to $49\u202f000 and $75\u202f000 or greater, and married individuals,\u201d their study found.<\/p>\n

Possible health benefits<\/h3>\n

Cannabis use among older adults with diabetes jumped by 180% between 2015 to 2018, 96% among those with other chronic diseases, and 150% among those receiving mental health treatment.<\/p>\n

Palamar cautioned older adults that it might not be the reefer they remember. It\u2019s likely stronger, and your body also isn\u2019t the same, Palamar told United Press International.<\/p>\n

Colorado kids remain steady<\/h3>\n

As for teenagers, the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey<\/a> found youth marijuana use remains at one in five, the same as it was in 2013. That\u2019s also the national average.<\/p>\n

Availability may have changed since legalization, but youth attitudes in Colorado have not, according to the study by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.<\/p>\n

The latest statewide Healthy Kids Survey shows about half of the youth surveyed said marijuana is risky. They said felt it was easy to get but a mistake for underage youth to use it.<\/p>\n

Marijuana remains illegal in Colorado for those under age 21.<\/p>\n

Youth responded that they think four of five of their peers use marijuana. The Healthy Kids Survey found that only one in five actually do.<\/p>\n

Young people who have trusted adults in their lives are less likely to use marijuana. According to the Healthy Kids Survey, youth who know their parents think underage use is wrong are 72 percent less likely to use marijuana. Youth with caring teachers are 28 percent less likely to use, and those who feel they have an adult to go to for help with a problem were 30 percent less likely to use.<\/p>\n

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While marijuana use among young people has remained steady, it\u2019s up among American seniors, according to a new analysis. Doctors Joseph J. Palamar and Benjamin Han surveyed 14,896 people and found that among Americans 65 and older, 4.2% reported using cannabis, up from 2.4% in 2015. The study\u2019s authors said the increase probably has little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 21:01:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}