More Than Ever, Older Adults are Using Marijuana

Last year, more middle-aged adults were binge drinking, using marijuana or consuming hallucinogens than ever before, according to a new report from the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future panel study, which tracks substance use among adults between 19 and 60 years old.

According to the 2022 survey results, Cannabis use has also been spiking among adults ages 35 to 50; 28% used marijuana in 2022, up from 17% five years ago. The trend could be because interested adults are trying the drug for the first time, or because younger marijuana users – those who historically have used it more frequently – are entering higher age brackets. “It looks like we’re reaching a point in which parents and grandparents are almost as likely to smoke weed as the kids,” Dr. Joseph Palamar said. Read more from CNN here.