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June 4, 2025 49 secs
WBZ NewsRadio’s James Rojas reports. 
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
More seniors are sparking up and getting down with marijuana.
That's according to new research out of UC San Diego
and NYU. It finds a nearly fifty percent increase in
use by those sixty five years old and older over
the past few years.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
I yeah, I believe it. I think it's marketed that way.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
Christine, who is not a senior citizen, says, we'd may
be replacing alcohol. Natasha over here tried marijuana at fifty
and agrees.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
Edibles, so that's it's better than drinking, right, Like, I
can't balance to drinking, so I can see why scenes
would start and plus have aches and pain, so like,
it's a lot of medicinal holiday, so why not.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
Research shows more older women than older men have started
partaking in downtown Boston. James Rojas WBZ Boston some news
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