cannabisnews.com: Older Americans’ Attitudes on Medical Marijuana Older Americans’ Attitudes on Medical Marijuana Posted by CN Staff on February 07, 2005 at 11:28:45 PT AARP Survey Report Source: AARP Magazine Last November, AARP The Magazine commissioned a telephone poll among a nationally representative sample of 1,706 adults aged 45 and older, asking them to respond to a series of statements on the subject of medical marijuana. What follows are some highlights of the survey, along with a brief summary of noteworthy findings for each: I think that adults should be allowed to legally use marijuana for medical purposes if a physician recommends it.Support for legal medical marijuana was strongest in the West (82%) and Northeast (79%), and lowest in the Southwest (65%). Interestingly, there were no significant response differences among those of different age categories. If a loved one was ill or suffering and marijuana eased their pain or condition, I would obtain marijuana for him or her.Younger respondents (63% of those 45-49) were more likely to agree with this statement, as were those who have smoked marijuana (74%). Do you believe marijuana is addictive?While the majority of respondents support medical uses of marijuana, the majority also believe that marijuana is addictive. Women and older respondents (age 60 and older) were more likely to think marijuana is addictive than men and younger (under age 60) respondents. I believe all marijuana use should be legalized.Younger respondents (34% of those 45-49) were more likely to agree with this statement, as were those who have smoked marijuana (44%). Older respondents (15% of those age 70 and older) were the least likely to agree. Responses across geographical regions did not differ significantly. Have you ever smoked marijuana?Younger respondents (58% of those 45-49) were more likely to have smoked marijuana, with those 50-59 (37%) and 60-69 (15%) registering significant drop-offs in use. Considerably more men (39%) than women (21%) report having inhaled, and respondents in the West (32%) were more likely to have smoked marijuana than respondents in other regions. Survey conducted by ICR/International Communications Research. Margin of error is +/- 2.37% Now, read the full survey results in the -- http://www.AARP.org/ -- Research Center. Note: Our survey of adults 45+ produced some noteworthy findings.URL: http://www.aarpmagazine.org/health/Articles/a2005-01-18-mag-marijuana.html Source: AARP Magazine (DC)Published: March & April 2005 Copyright: 1995-2005, AARPContact: aarpmagazine aarp.org Website: http://www.aarpmagazine.org/Related Articles & Web Site:AARP Magazinehttp://www.aarpmagazine.org/ Reefer Oldness: Potheads Hijack AARP?http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20094.shtmlFrom Pot To Porn To AARP http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20072.shtmlPoll Examines Medical Marijuana Supporthttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20041.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #13 posted by global_warming on February 07, 2005 at 15:24:58 PT ot: Who Will Pay For This? "Thomas W.Chittum states, "Street gangs will doubtless form the core of future black and Hispanic urban militias…consider the following…they are well financed by drug trade…they are ethnically oriented…are heavily armed…organized and disciplined…and numerous beyond belief."This whole gang business can be cured instantly, END this insane "prohibition",,, THE COMING BREAK UP OF AMERICA [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by siege on February 07, 2005 at 15:04:10 PT AARP Got a comment about the new AARP The Magazine or its website? Speak your mind in one of two ways: * Via a letter to the editor. Send your personal comment or question to AARP The Magazine editors at aarpmagazine aarp.org or Letters, AARP The Magazine, 601 E St. NW, Washington DC 20049. * In our message boards. Share your thoughts online with fellow readers by clicking into our list of message-board topics, then selecting the article to which you want to respond.If you want to propose an article idea that you wish to pursue for publication in AARP The Magazine, please review the magazine's Writer's Guidelines. http://www.aarpmagazine.org/Articles/a2003-01-23-letter.htmlBush and his cronies holding the strings. It is as tho we have a dictator pulling all the strings and laughing behind the scene at the citizens / fools of this country. [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by Taylor121 on February 07, 2005 at 14:03:29 PT Put up a link Put a link up and I will send my 2 cents in to them. I would really like to see the article. [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by Dark Star on February 07, 2005 at 13:55:39 PT: AARP I bet that article on medical marijuana got shelved due to politics. Everyone should contact them and say they want to see it published. [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by FoM on February 07, 2005 at 13:50:37 PT Hope I don't feel old either. Look at how Paul McCartney got around last night. He looked quite healthy to me and he is over 60. The sad part is I do know people who are old and the same age as we are. Dreaming and hoping and being open minded keeps people young. It's when I see a person say I don't see any reason to change anything. They are getting old and set in their ways. [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by kaptinemo on February 07, 2005 at 13:45:23 PT: The generational turnover illustrated The generation that had its' brainpan filled with bilge about cannabis and acquiesced to the lies is dying out; the one that knows the truth about cannabis is coming into its' majority. The breakdown of the figures reflect it. As the Stones sang, "Ti-iime is on my side!" [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by Hope on February 07, 2005 at 13:41:21 PT Me? Old? I sure don't feel like it...most of the time...must be all those endocanniboids from the seventies.Seriously, though...pain, sickness, and misery is what makes a person old. I've felt really old in the past. But, thankfully, today, "I'm younger than that now." [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by FoM on February 07, 2005 at 13:27:23 PT Hope I think you're the same age as I am and this how I see it...We are them now! LOL! Isn't that hard to take! [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by Hope on February 07, 2005 at 13:09:54 PT It makes me smile to think how much cannabis could do for the oldsters who just don't care about life anymore. I think it would give them a whole new lease on life and a new sense of hope. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by FoM on February 07, 2005 at 12:09:17 PT Dark Star I just checked the LA Times and nothing so far. We have the March - April issue of AARP Magazine and there is nothing in it. It might have been bumped back. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by Dark Star on February 07, 2005 at 11:57:02 PT: This Is Not All There is supposed to be a long article from Eric Bailey of the Los Angeles Times in the AARP magazine. Perhaps it was bumped to a later edition. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by FoM on February 07, 2005 at 11:35:54 PT Check Out The Pill Boxes http://assets.aarp.org/www.aarpmagazine.org_/articles/health/marijuana.jpg [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by FoM on February 07, 2005 at 11:31:04 PT Finally It's Here! Thank you AARP! [ Post Comment ] Post Comment