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veggie

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CNN explores cannabis for seniors in "Weed 7: A Senior Moment" this Sunday
#28421276 - 08/05/23 12:47 AM (9 months, 9 days ago) |
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Sanjay Gupta Explores Cannabis For Seniors In CNN’s Weed 7 August 4, 2023 - Forbes
Seniors are the fastest-growing group of cannabis users in the USA
Physician and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes his seventh foray into the world of medical marijuana as he explores cannabis for seniors in “Weed 7: A Senior Moment,” premiering Sunday night on CNN’s The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper.
In the latest episode of his pioneering and Emmy Award-winning series on medical marijuana, Gupta notes that cannabis use by adults aged 65 and older jumped 75% between 2015 and 2018. And today, with recreational marijuana legal in 23 states and medical marijuana legalized in 38 more, seniors are the fastest-growing group of cannabis users in the United States.
“Over the last decade reporting on medical marijuana, time and time again, what has surprised me the most is the optimism, the possibility, and the impact that carefully controlled cannabis can have, even on seniors, for a better quality of life,” Gupta said in a statement from CNN.
Seniors And Cannabis
To learn more about cannabis use among seniors, Gupta travels from research facilities in Tel Aviv, Israel – often referred to as “the holy land of medical marijuana” – to a senior living community in West Palm Beach, Florida that is participating in an experimental cannabis treatment pilot program. Talking with researchers and patients, he learns more about how seniors are using the drug for pain relief, better sleep, less anxiety, weight gain and other health and wellness uses. In California, he takes a ride on a “cannabus” providing transportation to seniors who do not otherwise have access to marijuana dispensaries, and visits one of the largest cannabis growing operations in the world, where plants are bred and grown with older consumers in mind.
“Weed 7: A Senior Moment” features interviews with doctors and researchers at the forefront of the field, as well as first-person accounts from seniors about their experience using cannabis. The program explores how the evolving stigma surrounding marijuana is impacting a growing number of seniors around the world, decreasing their prescription drug use and improving their quality of life.
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rider420
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Re: CNN explores cannabis for seniors in "Weed 7: A Senior Moment" this Sunday [Re: veggie] 1
#28422588 - 08/05/23 11:32 PM (9 months, 8 days ago) |
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Cannabis was legalized in Canada the retirement town I lived in vowed never to allow a legal cannabis dispensary. We now have two cannabis dispensaries in town but you have to get by the gang of seniors who are always hanging out in front of the store.
Five years of full cannabis legalization and Canadians are happier then ever before!
Sitting back smoking a joint with my 70 year old neighbours is a blast. Enjoying life while others live in fear you got to love KARMA!
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Dave Bowman
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Re: CNN explores cannabis for seniors in "Weed 7: A Senior Moment" this Sunday [Re: veggie]
#28424334 - 08/07/23 01:18 PM (9 months, 6 days ago) |
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I've been trying to get my dad to try some of the new age pot or a vape from the legal dispensaries we have access to now. He was a musician in the 60's and often talks about getting high and playing music, I think he'd have fun if he started slow.
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durian_2008
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Re: CNN explores cannabis for seniors in "Weed 7: A Senior Moment" this Sunday [Re: Dave Bowman]
#28424663 - 08/07/23 05:56 PM (9 months, 6 days ago) |
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Seniors, here, are afraid of taking the timeless, herbal remedy, in place of pharms, with that long, long, long list of side effects, because doctors threaten random testing and loss of healthcare.
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