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Marijuana Use
Rises Among Seniors
By Susan Dooley
In a recent CBS Sunday Morning story, reporter Barry Peterson explained that increasing numbers of
Americans ages 55 and older use marijuana for medical purposes, mainly to treat the aches and pains of
aging. Peterson interviewed 68-year-old Sue Taylor, a Californian retired from a career as a high school
principal. When she was still working, Taylor preached the dangers of drugs, but she now uses Gummi
Cares marijuana candies for arthritis pain relief when she overdoes it at the gym. Nicknamed the weed
lady, she serves as a public advocate for medical marijuana use among senior groups in California.
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group relates to sheer numbers more states have legalized marijuana use for medical purposes. As of
2015, some 23 states, plus Washington, DC, had made this change.
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