The sweet scent of baking cookies wafting from grandma's house may be mixed with a more pungent aroma these days. The smell of marijuana. The numbers of American seniors over age 65 who now smoke ...

Cannabis use among adults over 60 is increasing faster than any other demographic, according to the University of Utah. A new ...

Many older adults see cannabis as a more effective or nonpharmaceutical option to manage sleep, pain, or mental health.

In the US, picking up an eighth of weed is about as common as picking up a gallon of milk these days. What used to be an endeavor that involved vetting a reliable connection, organizing a pickup, and ...

Nearly nine-in-ten U.S. adults say marijuana should be legal either for medical or recreational use. Just 11% say the drug should not be legal at all.

Monica Romano was 13 when she first tried cannabis in the 1980s. It started out as a social way to spend a Friday night ...

Researchers from Yale University and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom have determined that cannabis use by older adults is not associated with accelerated cognitive decline or risk of ...

For adults over 60, cannabis use is increasing faster than in any other demographic. But science has yet to keep up with why older adults are using cannabis products, which products they choose, and ...

By Amy Adamczyk, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, City University of New York; Christopher Thomas, Ph.D Candidate in Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Jacob ...

As cannabis legalization increases, more middle-aged and older adults have turned to cannabis for relief from pain, anxiety, and other health ailments. Although the public and health professionals ...