WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.602 AND THEY’RE NOT JUST USING IT FOR ACHES AND PAINS AND MEDICAL 00:02.636 --> 00:03.002 FOR ACHES AND PAINS AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS. 00:03.004 --> 00:04.704 CONDITIONS. IT SEEMS THAT OLDER FOLKS JUST 00:04.706 --> 00:06.239 IT SEEMS THAT OLDER FOLKS JUST WANT TO GET HIGH. 00:06.274 --> 00:08.875 WANT TO GET HIGH. AS AMERICA’S APPETITE FOR POT 00:08.877 --> 00:10.911 AS AMERICA’S APPETITE FOR POT INCREASES, THERE’S A SURPRISING 00:10.945 --> 00:12.479 INCREASES, THERE’S A SURPRISING NEW DEMOGRAPHIC DRIVING THAT 00:12.513 --> 00:14.014 NEW DEMOGRAPHIC DRIVING THAT GROWTH, BABY BOOMERS. 00:14.015 --> 00:16.816 GROWTH, BABY BOOMERS. A NEW MEDICAL STUDY SHOWS 00:16.851 --> 00:19.652 A NEW MEDICAL STUDY SHOWS MARIJUANA USE HAS SPIKED 75% 00:19.687 --> 00:21.888 MARIJUANA USE HAS SPIKED 75% AMONG PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER IN A 00:21.889 --> 00:22.422 AMONG PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER IN A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD. 00:22.423 --> 00:23.924 FOUR-YEAR PERIOD. AMONG THE GROUPS WITH THE 00:23.958 --> 00:25.325 AMONG THE GROUPS WITH THE BIGGEST BUMP, WOMEN AND THOSE 00:25.326 --> 00:27.794 BIGGEST BUMP, WOMEN AND THOSE WITH HIGHER INCOMES AND COLLEGE 00:27.829 --> 00:28.228 WITH HIGHER INCOMES AND COLLEGE EDUCATIONS. 00:28.229 --> 00:29.629 EDUCATIONS. WHY DO YOU AND WHY DO YOUR 00:29.664 --> 00:30.263 WHY DO YOU AND WHY DO YOUR FRIENDS USE MARIJUANA? 00:30.298 --> 00:32.799 FRIENDS USE MARIJUANA? >> I STARTED USING IT AS A 00:32.801 --> 00:33.833 >> I STARTED USING IT AS A COUNTERCULTURE THING, YOU KNOW, 00:33.835 --> 00:37.004 COUNTERCULTURE THING, YOU KNOW, IN THE ’60s. 00:37.005 --> 00:40.307 IN THE ’60s. MOST OF US JUST USE IT BECAUSE 00:40.308 --> 00:40.741 MOST OF US JUST USE IT BECAUSE IT FEELS GOOD. 00:40.742 --> 00:41.608 IT FEELS GOOD. >> Reporter: KAREN WORKS FOR A 00:41.610 --> 00:45.345 >> Reporter: KAREN WORKS FOR A NATIONAL GROUP TRYING TO REFORM 00:45.346 --> 00:45.712 NATIONAL GROUP TRYING TO REFORM POT LAWS. 00:45.713 --> 00:47.447 POT LAWS. >> THE EVOLUTION OF THE 00:47.448 --> 00:48.748 >> THE EVOLUTION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF MARIJUANA IS RIGHT 00:48.750 --> 00:49.049 ACCEPTANCE OF MARIJUANA IS RIGHT HERE. 00:49.050 --> 00:50.751 HERE. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS MARIJUANA 00:50.785 --> 00:52.686 >> Reporter: SHE SAYS MARIJUANA CULTURE, NOW SPLASHED ACROSS 00:52.720 --> 00:54.154 CULTURE, NOW SPLASHED ACROSS MAGAZINES AT SUPERMARKETS, AND 00:54.188 --> 00:56.089 MAGAZINES AT SUPERMARKETS, AND BACKED BY LAW IN AT LEAST 30 00:56.124 --> 01:00.327 BACKED BY LAW IN AT LEAST 30 STATES, MAKES IT EASIER FOR HER 01:00.328 --> 01:02.062 STATES, MAKES IT EASIER FOR HER PEER SS TO JUST ADMIT WHAT THEY’ 01:02.096 --> 01:02.362 PEER SS TO JUST ADMIT WHAT THEY’ DOING. 01:02.363 --> 01:03.163 DOING. >> THEY WILL TELL ME THEY’RE SO 01:03.164 --> 01:04.464 >> THEY WILL TELL ME THEY’RE SO GLAD THEY CAN GET IT LEGALLY NOW 01:04.466 --> 01:05.566 GLAD THEY CAN GET IT LEGALLY NOW BECAUSE THEIR GRANDSON USED TO 01:05.567 --> 01:06.500 BECAUSE THEIR GRANDSON USED TO GET IT FOR THEM. 01:06.534 --> 01:08.168 GET IT FOR THEM. OR THEIR SON USED TO GET IT FOR 01:08.169 --> 01:08.635 OR THEIR SON USED TO GET IT FOR THEM. 01:08.636 --> 01:10.170 THEM. NOW, THEY FEEL BETTER ABOUT 01:10.171 --> 01:11.071 NOW, THEY FEEL BETTER ABOUT BUYING IT LEGALLY. 01:11.105 --> 01:12.539 BUYING IT LEGALLY. >> Reporter: AT A CANNABIS 01:12.574 --> 01:14.241 >> Reporter: AT A CANNABIS CONFERENCE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, 01:14.242 --> 01:16.777 CONFERENCE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, CONSUMERS OF ALL AGES TRY TO 01:16.811 --> 01:18.078 CONSUMERS OF ALL AGES TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS PHENOMENON. 01:18.079 --> 01:19.913 EXPLAIN THIS PHENOMENON. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE MY AGE USED 01:19.948 --> 01:22.283 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE MY AGE USED IT IN COLLEGE. 01:22.317 --> 01:24.118 IT IN COLLEGE. AND NOW, THEY’RE USING AGAIN, 01:24.152 --> 01:25.152 AND NOW, THEY’RE USING AGAIN, THAT IT’S LEGAL. 01:25.153 --> 01:26.253 THAT IT’S LEGAL. >> Reporter: SOME IN THE 01:26.254 --> 01:28.288 >> Reporter: SOME IN THE INDUSTRY SAY SENIORS ARE BEING 01:28.290 --> 01:30.791 INDUSTRY SAY SENIORS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED BY THEIR KIDS TO TRY 01:30.826 --> 01:31.759 ENCOURAGED BY THEIR KIDS TO TRY MARIJUANA AS MEDICINE. 01:31.793 --> 01:34.461 MARIJUANA AS MEDICINE. >> THEY SEE THE PROBLEMS THAT 01:34.463 --> 01:36.096 >> THEY SEE THE PROBLEMS THAT PARENTS ARE HAVING WITH PAIN 01:36.131 --> 01:38.932 PARENTS ARE HAVING WITH PAIN MANAGEMENT, CHRONIC PAIN. 01:38.967 --> 01:41.001 MANAGEMENT, CHRONIC PAIN. ANYTHING, ANXIETY AND SO FORTH. 01:41.036 --> 01:42.769 ANYTHING, ANXIETY AND SO FORTH. MOM, DAD, YOU HAVE TO TRY THIS. 01:42.804 --> 01:43.504 MOM, DAD, YOU HAVE TO TRY THIS. >> Reporter: BEFORE YOU THINK 01:43.538 --> 01:45.406 >> Reporter: BEFORE YOU THINK ABOUT LIGHTING UP, A WORD OF 01:45.407 --> 01:46.173 ABOUT LIGHTING UP, A WORD OF WARNING. 01:46.208 --> 01:47.208 WARNING. PRESENT-DAY POT IS MUCH MORE 01:47.242 --> 01:48.409 PRESENT-DAY POT IS MUCH MORE POTENT THAN YOU MAY REMEMBER. 01:48.410 --> 01:51.879 POTENT THAN YOU MAY REMEMBER. >> WE DO KNOW IT CAN CAUSE 01:51.913 --> 01:52.813 >> WE DO KNOW IT CAN CAUSE HEALTH ISSUES AND INTERFERE WITH 01:52.847 --> 01:53.380 HEALTH ISSUES AND INTERFERE WITH MEDICATIONS. 01:53.415 --> 01:54.815 MEDICATIONS. IF SOMEBODY IS STARTING TO USE 01:54.816 --> 01:58.319 IF SOMEBODY IS STARTING TO USE IT, THEY NEED TO GET WITH THEIR 01:58.320 --> 01:59.921 IT, THEY NEED TO GET WITH THEIR DOCTOR AND SAY, I’M STARTING TO 01:59.955 --> 02:00.789 DOCTOR AND SAY, I’M STARTING TO USE THIS. 02:00.822 --> 02:02.022 USE THIS. IS THERE CERTAIN THINGS I SHOULD 02:02.024 --> 02:03.925 IS THERE CERTAIN THINGS I SHOULD BE AWARE OF? 02:03.959 --> 02:05.593 BE AWARE OF? AND CERTAIN CAUTIONS I SHOULD BE 02:05.627 --> 02:07.028 AND CERTAIN CAUTIONS I SHOULD BE EXERCISING BEFORE I INDULGE. 02:07.062 --> 02:08.429 EXERCISING BEFORE I INDULGE. >> Reporter: AS FAR AS THE 02:08.430 --> 02:10.231 >> Reporter: AS FAR AS THE DEBATE ON LEGALIZATION 02:10.232 --> 02:15.036 DEBATE ON LEGALIZATION CONTINUES, THERE WAS A 2019 02:15.037 --> 02:18.573 CONTINUES, THERE WAS A 2019 GALLUP POLL AND OLDER AMERICANS, 02:18.607 --> 02:18.706 GALLUP POLL AND OLDER AMERICANS, BY 49%, BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE