Older Americans are using marijuana at record levels as legal cannabis becomes more prevalent for medical and recreational purposes, according to a new analysis from researchers at New York University.

The study examined data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which collected responses from more than 15,000 older adults between 2021 and 2023. Among people 65 and older, about 7% said they had used the drug in the past month in 2023, up from 4.8% in 2021 and 5.2% in 2022.

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The two-year change marked a 46% increase in the number of older adults who said they had used cannabis at least once in the previous month, researchers said. Notably, the study did not distinguish betw

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