50 Something's Getting High More

[Philosoraptor]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Overall drug use increased in the United States just a smidgen in 2005, but another drop among young teens had federal drug policy officials beaming on Tuesday.
Illicit drug use among young teens went down for the third consecutive year _ from 11.6 percent in 2002 to 9.9 percent in 2005.
But the good news did not extend to all age groups.
The government reported Thursday that 4.4 percent of baby boomers ages 50 to 59 indicated that they had used illicit drugs in the past month. It marks the third consecutive yearly increase recorded for that age group by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Office of National Drug Control Policy: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/

from this morning's KC Star.

[pooja]

1. I hope that these baby boomers are growing it themselves or

buying local, otherwise you are just feeding the top 1% again.

[Wetzelbill]

2. damn old punks! Get a haircut!

Yeah, when that generation take over things will go to hell. All they do is smoke, party etc. Look at the president they gave us. :)

[madokie]

6. easy now

[acmejack]

9. Hair?

My biggest decision relating to hair is whether to shave my head or not. I am trying to get up the courage to go "all the way".

But that drug use is good idea, I think I will make that in the last ten minutes. :)

[HeeBGBz]

12. Yeah, I just got up

Maybe after my coffee settles.

[alfredo]

30. Us counter culture baby boomers kept our distance from the coke heads

and drunks. They weren't looking for enlightenment, they were just looking to get fucked up. We wouldn't have had anything to do with people like bush. Bullies and anti intellectuals were not welcomed in our circle.

[Wetzelbill]

34. I stand corrected

:)

[sweetheart]

3. They're probably getting high just the same

People who drink wine get older, and they still drink wine. It does not
mean older people suddenly started drinking more wine. It means the same
people have been drinking wine.

As illegal drugs are home medicine by persons who often can't afford
expensive corporate doctors and infinite bills for medication, as the
healthcare coverage diminishes, of course there should be a trend.. not
to mention the retirement income that many older people gain from growing
cannabis. As some older folks don't move around a lot, they are in an ideal
lifestyle for nursing a crop for a season.

Probably the decline in retirement savings will inspire a new demographic
of neo-farmers reincarnated the same spirit that fueled scottish whisky
distilling some centuries ago.

[Preening Fop]

5. Over 50's Growing Cannabis In A Far Safer, Laid Back Land:

Ah Yes, Canada.... :smoke:

[SmokingJacket]

35. Exactly; they used to be the forty-somethings.

It would interesting if they examined the data over the same cohort.

[exlrrp]

4. The Boomers didn't invent dope

We just popularized it

[madokie]

7. Vietnam was what turned us on to pot more than anything else. imo

[acmejack]

10. The service is where I got into it...

[exlrrp]

15. I'm from Berkeley

Born and raised, tho I now live in Oregon. I may have beren the only Berkeley native to enlist for the Vietnam War other than Country Joe.(sheepish look here). We started smoking pot there before the rest of the country--I'd been smoking for years by the time I enlisted (1966)
After jump shool, went to Panama (was still only 17) I thought that was the best pot in the world untill I got to VN. VN pot was excellent although not the quality they grow today under lights.
If I hadn't smoked pot in the NAm Ida gone crazy and then we might have lost the war ROTFLMAO

Hey guys!! I went back to the Nam in '03--anyone else been back?

[madokie]

21. No but I would love to, can't see it to be in my future though.

I remember the beaches at Cam Rahn Bay and how beautiful the ocean was. water so clear you could see the bottom when you were in hundreds of feet of water, water as clear as the air.

[exlrrp]

24. A must for all VN vets

You have to see the country when its not at war to see how beautiful it is. It was quite cathartic for me, spent some of the time in tears.
I went to a helicopter base I'd stayed at in Ban Me Thuot when my lrrp platoon was running patrols out of there, spent the whole TET offensive getting mortared there. It was a--wait for it--waterslide park. I stood there in tears.
Little kids coming up to you on the street saying hello hello, not begging, not in rags not selling their sisters. "Soccer moms" hauling their kids on scooters. They teach English to their kids as the 2d language--shows you who they want their kids talking to. Just normal, good old life in a peaceful 3d world country
The US Army made that place into one big whorhouse/laundry. It was good to see them living a normal life again.
BTW, I was 101st grunt and MACV Lrrp--you?

[exlrrp]

26. MAde me glad I protested

If there was one thing for sure about my trip to the Nam 03 it made m glad I protested the war when I got back. I thought the war sucked and we had absolutely no chance of winning it and that further war there was a waste of life. Ending that war by any means necessary as soon as possible WAS the right thing to do. I had to go back to the NAm to see it.
I was no Jerry Rubin or Abby Hofman but I was a Mobe committe member at the college I was going to (Diablo Valley) I got an early out to go to college just like our Fearless Leader but unlike him, I showed up to sign my discharge.
Also burned my draft card although by then I was 4F (wounds) If you have to carry a card to be free, you aint free was my thinking.
Now I'm much prouder of the fact that I protested the war than that I fought in it. It had to end, just like this one.
I'm protesting this one too.

[madokie]

32. Yes me also, I am most proud of my protesting the war afterwards

I'll be a protester until they cart my old stinking ass off to the burn pile. Although, I would like to think it wouldn't be necessary, but it is.

[madokie]

31. I realized the first day in Country that what we were doing was wrong

as wrong as it could be. I worked close to the people and spent a lot of time with them and I still get all happy inside when I bump into 'em. Nices people to ever meet. In fact I am wearing 'made in Vietnam' shorts as I type this, check out the made in Vietnam and Cambodia clothes if you haven't already, super good quality and excellent fit, top notch materials. I find 'em at Target mostly
Postal Clerk Cam Rahm Bay NAF.
To this day I can't for the life of me enjoy the fireworks of the forth of july, the older I get the worst it gets too. I still can't watch a movie about 'nam, The Traveling wall has been near here twice and I know I should but I still haven't.

[Kahuna]

28. ..

:rofl:

[DinahMoeHum]

8. Roll me another one. . .just like the other one. . .

etc.

:smoke:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

11. The Iraqis, young as they are have turned to drugs as well

to help them cope with shrub's democracy and the selling of their country.

[Breeze54]

16. They have always liked the "pipe'!

;)

The Iraqis, young as they are.... :wtf: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What fantasy land do you live in and what is the color of your sky??

Are you eating shroom's as you type? :shrug:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

17. Well then, we will need to make a war on their drugs as well. n/t

[Breeze54]

19. PUT DOWN THE PIPE!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!! :tinfoilhat:

[Breeze54]

20. Apt name! lmao! MORON!!! n/t

[SpiralHawk]

13. Rush Limbaugh is leading this republicon trend

sucking up the oxycontin and viagra and shit.

Sober up you corrput republicon cronies.

Get a grip. The pResident and his oil-profiteering cronies are lying to you...Hello?

Sober up and get a clue, Mr. and Mrs. Republicon

[Breeze54]

14. Not high enough.... n't

:smoke: :hug: :patriot: :hug: :grouphug: :hug: :tinfoilhat: :hug: :hippie:
:grouphug: :beer: :cry: :hug: :beer: :hug: :cry: :beer: :cry:

:grouphug: :beer: :grouphug: :beer: :hug: :beer:

[Libby2]

18. Good Lord

No wonder, look at the freaking mess we are facing.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

22. it's from the whitehouse - it must be true!

[Philosoraptor]

23. and how many tax $$s did it cost to come up with this important info?

and can you imagine an old stoner answering the questionaire?

[lindac07]

25. A thought.......

Maybe pot ought to be required for those of us over 50. We need something to get through the next 2-1/2 years.

[guinivere]

36. Well, I already thought it was.

I'm not 50 yet. I figured I would start now, avoid the rush. :smoke:

[Kahuna]

27. That doesn't surprise me.

:evilgrin: :smoke:

[Crabby Appleton]

29. I wish! nt

[MaineDem]

33. Fill it, light it, shut up, and close the door

It's been a while though. ::hippie:

Like thirty years. I'm one of those over 50ers who aren't part of this statistic.

But I have inhaled.

[Pastiche423]

37. Only 4.4%?

I wonder why such a small percentage.

:smoke: