The Social Security program was first enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1935 to support older adults and retirees who had been disadvantaged by the Great Depression and were struggling with unemployment and poverty. At the time, the average life expectancy for an American male was 58 years of age, but as modern medicine has advanced, life expectancy has increased, and so has […]
Cannabis use in older adults: State of the evidence
Older adults are becoming increasingly interested in using cannabis, a psychoactive plant from the Cannabis sativa family, for both recreational and medicinal purposes. According to recent surveys conducted by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, older adults in Colorado are the fasted-growing population of cannabis adopters than any other age group, doubling from 2.4% older adult users in 2014 to 5.6% […]
