The researchers used information from the Ontario Ministry of Health to determine the rates of emergency room visits for cannabis poisoning among older adults in the years before and after ...

A large national study of U.S. veterans aged 65–84 found that 10.3% reported cannabis use in the past 30 days, with over ...

Routine health screening for cannabis use in Veterans Health Administration clinical settings is necessary to identify older adults with cannabis use.

Cannabis use among older veterans has reached levels comparable to modern-day tobacco use, with more than 1 in 10 reporting ...

These findings have important implications considering increasing cannabis use among older adults." — Dr. Daniel T. Myran, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute What Doctors Say: This research ...

Compared to all-cause acute care and the general population, cannabis-related acute care is associated with a higher 5-year dementia risk.

Medical visits related to cannabis increased more than fivefold among adults 45 and older between 2008 and 2021, the new study found. Among adults 65 and over, visits increased almost 27-fold.

The data revealed a striking rise in cannabis-related emergency visits among older adults. Between 2008 and 2021, the rate of ER visits due to marijuana increased fivefold among those aged 45-64 ...

One may think young people are the main group enjoying the freedom of legalized weed, but in Canada, the greatest increase in users after legalization was among older adults — and sometimes it ...