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Baby boomers still getting high

08-19-2009 • Reuters

Middle aged baby boomers are still turning on to illegal drugs forty years after Woodstock, doubling the rates of illicit drug use by the previous generation, according to a government study released on Wednesday. The rates of people aged 50 to 59 who admit to using illicit drugs in the past year nearly doubled from 5.1 percent in 2002 to 9.4 percent in 2007 while rates among all other age groups are the same or decreasing, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported. "These findings show that many in the Woodstock generation continue to use illicit drugs as they age," said SAMHSA Acting Administrator Eric Broderick. "This continued use poses medical risks to these individuals and is likely to put further strains on the nation's healthcare system -- highlighting the value of preventing drug use from ever starting." Baby boomers are the post World War II generation born between 1946 and 1964. The data used in the study cam

1 Comments in Response to Baby boomers still getting high

Comment by Jerry Alexander (10403)

Entered on: 8/20/2009 2:16:59 AM

I guess smoking "Pot" for 40 or so years dosn`t really hurt.

All of the "Boomers" are in their 60s..and are still functioning quite well....so much for all of the Government hype on the dangers of smoking pot.

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