Nation's Seniors Want To Borrow Your Bong

“The kids are grown, they’re out of school, you’ve got time on your hands and frankly it’s a time when you can really enjoy marijuana. Food tastes better, music sounds better, sex is more enjoyable.”
-Marijuana advocate Keith Stroup on the growing number of those aged 50 or older who admit to using the drug. However, Dr. William Dale, chief of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center, cautions that the elderly need to be careful that they don’t get dizzy and take a fall, because once you break a hip at that age it’s a pretty swift procession to the boneyard. [Via]