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Friday, July 10, 2015

What’s the Deal With Marijuana for Senior Health?

…Norml, the marijuana legal-reform advocacy organization, has a fairly recent map (or see an up-to-date list of states that have decriminalized and/or legalized medical marijuana here). Marijuana legal reform is…

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Medical Marijuana – an Update

…and functioning are clearly better. Medical Marijuana Legality As of March, 2023, medical marijuana is legal in 37 states as well as the District of Columbia and 4 U.S. territories….

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Should you be using marijuana?

…impossible to sleep or function. Enter the medical marijuana card—or if you’re in a state with legal recreational marijuana—the trip to the dispensary. Marijuana use is up among older adults,…

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Medical Marijuana: an Update

…Substances Act. Marijuana Usage Trends More and more older adults are using medical marijuana (with a recommendation from their doctor in states where it’s legal) and recreational marijuana. The number…

Friday, November 21, 2014

Three Older Women Experiment With Drugs

…she said, she hopes it’s decriminalized. “I don’t understand what the big deal is about being high on marijuana.” Plus Robert Platshorn: Senior pot activist More seniors are backing marijuana

Sunday, June 22, 2014

6,000 steps a day can improve arthritis – and more from the week online

…senior living facilities deal with new marijuana laws? Pro-marijuana site We Love the Herb talked to administrators and discovered that responses to legalization of medical and non-medical marijuana vary widely…

Friday, December 14, 2018

To CBD or not to CBD

…than 100 cannabinoids found in marijuana. While some people call it a non-psychoactive cannabinoid –as opposed to THC, the cannabinoid that gives you a high—some experts say a better term…

Friday, August 21, 2020

Q&A: Tommy Chong!

…a bad rap? TC: Yes, because marijuana is not addictive – unlike cigarettes, heroin or alcohol. I know this because I did the drug education program in prison and learned…

Saturday, February 13, 2016

How a College Professor Became an Accidental Style Icon

“I was the generation that burned our bras. We were free love, we were all about marijuana, Woodstock, whatever. And to think that we would age compliantly — I mean,…

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Senior Planet Talks to…Cheech Marin

As one half of 70’s stoner comedy duo Cheech and Chong, “Cheech” Marin, 75, has successfully reinvented himself as an actor, musician, activist, author, art collector and marijuana entrepreneur. (He…

Monday, November 21, 2022

Ask Joan: About Vibrators, Trust Issues and More

…to get to the finish. Once your body gets used to vibrator stimulation, you can further decrease or eliminate the marijuana if you wish. As for the “one” vibrator that…

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Aging Out of Place in Medellin

…Escobar, the drug lord. Yes, coca and marijuana are all grown in Colombia, but they’re sold in the U.S. It’s the United States that has the problem. So I moved…

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Senior Planet talks to…Ellen Burstyn

…the time I got to 40, I had all the all alcohol I needed for the rest of my life – all the cigarettes, whiskey, wine and marijuana – so…

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Catching Up With Instagram Star Baddie Winkle

…old.” Baddie’s marijuana-leaf symbols, in-your-face attitude and love for fun scream teen party time and make her images totally relatable to many young people. On the other side, maybe that’s…

Monday, January 16, 2017

Aging Out of Place in Florence, Italy

…just passed. Medical marijuana is legal, if harder to find than in some U.S. states. Women work in all fields. However, with an increase in immigration, racial tensions have escalated….