Survey: Boomers doped up in old age »
Posted By STONERS 10 months ago in NewsThe generation that once celebrated sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll as a rite of passage is carrying substance abuse into retirement, says a U.S. government survey released Thursday, Sept. 4.
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STONERS10 months ago
"Illicit drug use shot up 116 percent during the past five years for Americans between the ages of 55 and 59, according to a 2007 study by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration."
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Eagle_Eye10 months ago
"Long term poisoning is a fact." So is short term exposure, it doesn't take much to poison you and ruin your quality of life.
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dissent10 months ago
i was going to say that i recommend we increase the dosage coz we'll need eight times more. but then wait a minute... forgetting the last eight years is JUST what they want us to do. more kool-aid anyone?
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chevydog10 months ago
That would be interesting to know. The stuff doesn't do much good to your innards.
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I'm one of those boomers, pretty much the same educational background and age as our illustrious Prez. I guess it'd be naive to think that nobody I went to school with turned up to be an alcoholic or addicted to worse stuff. The odds are really against it. But truthfully I think I know of only one (was told second-hand and can't verify) .
I remember reading all sorts of stories about how wild people my age were. And wondering "what did I miss?" and "where were these guys?" But about the most sobering thing I remember is a co-worker dying at 52 from an overweight-induced heart attack. Though he was a athlete, he was always prone to the heavy side; and I guess he got less active as he got older. It finally caught up with him.
Other than to protest that we were pretty standard college fools, as opposed to drug-addled ones, I'm not sure what the article expects.
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Mutainia10 months ago
I've been drug free all my life, but, will be probably get stoned IF I make it to old age. Got to have SOMEthing to look forward to then.
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