Baby Boomers Still Using Illegal Drugs

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I am a babyboomer and have never ever done any illigal drugs.
As said above, yes, our health is declining, so did our parents and grandparents with age, and most of us are heading that way..
There will be some prescription medication. I have been on pain management due to an accident, something that no one plans on. I rarely take pain medication as I do not want to be hooked on them...so you see, not all of the boomers take drugs...

Lidia of FL 8:00PM January 11, 2010

I'm a 54-year-old Boomer who used every drug known to man. I am also an alcoholic. I am happy to report I have been substance free for 20 years, as of New year's Day. I quit everything then, including cigarettes. But I think everyone should inhale, especially uptight white American men. I think penalizing people who smoke weed is silly. The only reason pot is stigmatized is it makes some people lazy and also encourages both free thinking and nonconformism. And God forbid if they aren't motivated enough to be out chasing the holy dollar. On this produce & consume treadmill we call western civilization, pot offers a safe escape for millions at any age from teens to retirement years.

koufax8 of ME 7:55PM January 11, 2010

I never knew this may people would respond about cannabis

john of OK 7:50PM January 11, 2010

I wish that the people who want to smoke weed can, and I believe if you own your own land and pay taxes you should be able to grow enough weed for your own.

Peggy of VA 7:48PM January 11, 2010

I thought we would have infiltrated society by now enough so we could legalize pot. recent polls are running roughly 50/50 on legalization opinion. I think we should legalize it, tax it a little and use the $ for rehab centers for hard drug addicts. How much law enforcement money should we waste on such a harmless substance? Most states are using the medical marijuana excuse to legalize it , I think that is a copout but whatever works I guess

bob of ID 7:47PM January 11, 2010

I cannot believe some people are still trying to justify their drug use. I am a boomer, used early and often, and I really regret it. What a waste of money, my life, my brain cells. Until I gave it ALL up some years ago, I was a mess. I cannot even imagine doing coke, or windowpane or blotter now. I would freak, and pot is just dumb and dumb-making stuff. I talk to my children alot about it, hoping that I made all the bad mistakes for them. I cannot imagine smoking pot and trying to justify my mood swings to my kids. They are going to be dealing with some heavy legacy we left them with already, why make it worse for them because we were screw-ups.

Jack Reacher of NM 7:40PM January 11, 2010

Every day, or just about, since 1977 I have indulged in smoking weed, the safest of all legal and illegal drugs out there. Today, I'm 47 and married with two beautiful elementary-school-age children, a job I've held since 1991 and thinking of retirement in only 12 1/2 more years. I hate to even think about what and where I would be today had it been alcohol.

K. Adams of OH 7:14PM January 11, 2010

As one of those baby boomers, and having actually survived the seventies, I have seen many people who used drugs recreationally and did not die, become an addict, or sink into sloth. They continued to work, pay taxes, and raise families. They weren't evil. They didn't steal. Heck, some of 'em didn't even drink! This demonization of something was economically based by wealthy business owners who had politicians in their pockets, and it started a big can of worms. Since that time, countless people have been rendered low class due to this phenomenon. After all, a weed smoker is the lowest form of life and should be locked away, right? Now, I don't condone these illegal acts, but it seems to me (and this is just an opinion, not a conclusion) that most people are more responsible than the government gives them credit for. So give it up. It isn't doing anyone any good.

randy bauer of OH 7:03PM January 11, 2010

I was placed on Ritalin at age 11 and had horrible side effects that last to this day. I'm 51. I should have been given a prescription for cannabis instead. I was lucky to have been "corrupted" by the illegal drug world at an early age because my life long use of cannabis has been a God send.

mark of PA 6:55PM January 11, 2010

I think Emily brings up an important point about nonmedical utilization of prescription drugs climbing to “4 percent in 2007, from 2.2 percent in 2002” and drug use has risen from 5.1 percent in 2002 to 9.4 percent in 2007. Is this drug use including any medicine or prescription?
One should also keep in mind that all drug use among all ages has increased, our health doesn’t seem to be improving. In 2000, nearly 125 million Americans had at least one chronic disease, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, and by 2020 the figure is expected to reach almost 160 million.
In 2000, the medical bill was $510 billion, by 2020 it is expected to top $1
trillion, according to the research. This is all reported and researched by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
With all these new drugs being used, it’s no wonder that half of our medications are taken improperly or 2/3 of Americans simply forget their pills. New reports show that medication noncompliance is costing us $290 BILLION $$$.
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Alex Bettencourt of CA 2:08PM August 31, 2009