Posted on 04/21/2025 7:08:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Not to be blunt, but Gail Zanchelli hated marijuana as a teen growing up on Long Island.
“Tried it, never liked it,” Zanchelli, 64, told The Post.
Now it’s part of her nightly routine. The Deer Park resident takes 60 milligrams of gummies infused with THC — the main active ingredient in marijuana — before bed to relieve chronic throbbing in her tailbone.
She’s part of a budding group of seniors who use cannabis to relax, ease pain, sleep better or manage their mental health.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Idiots.
Well that’s one way to get kids to not try pot. Make it as uncool and lame as possible
I miss a good glass of wine now and then.I don’t miss the pot one bit.
I'm not sure what "a budding group" means quantitatively. Are more seniors taking gummies, yes because the availability has increased with new laws. So this is a stupid lazy article. I would have hoped that with legalization for health purposes that at a minimum we would gather some data about usage and efficacy.
Congrats
I think the author is just trying to be clever...
woke up one morning somewhere between the 60’s and the 70’s and it suddenly occurred to me WHY it’s called “dope”. never touched it again. the best part was it left me with more cash for my other addiction...TOOLS! which a friend told me once is more expensive than a drug addiction but much healthier.
I do CBD for sleep. I took a Delta 8 by accident at bedtime and staggered to the bathroom later. That was not cool. My wife does Delta 9 for hip pain. No idea why it works.
It's not a serious article, It's someone trying to be clever.
Yeah, no kidding, just from what I’ve seen.
I used to take my husband to the local dispensary while he was fighting cancer - said pot was the only thing that relieved his pain and nausea.
The pot store was always filled with senior citizens, I expected young people and was really surprised. I figured they were old 60s hippies - or they were doing the same thing to alleviate pain.
Used to really like getting stoned but I found Christ, gave up the booze and the weed and I feel like a weight has been lifted of my shoulders, a weight I put there for not good reason.
”Come in and burn one with your grandma.”
Mostly true with younger people. I think they are referring to people who start later in life. I was at a revival when I thought someone lit a joint. It turned out to be a guy who has been smoking since he got back from Vietnam. He reeks of it. I know several people who started after they retired.
God Bless
i am glad it worked for him
or manage their mental health.
why do people use drugs, drink etc? To kill the pain of living...
He said it was the only thing that worked to relieve his pain, even when he had access to morphine.
I’m allergic to the smoke so we bought the tinctures, which are $$$$. Didn’t matter at that time, cancer pain is terrible, especially when it hits your bones.
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