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Just about anyone who has worked at or with multi-level care facilities in the past few years can confirm the very disturbing trend of younger and younger people suffering from dementia many of whom were long time marijuana users. But here is the real issue heading forward and one of the reasons why this is an important issue:

"As dementia sets in for ever-increasing numbers of our older population and memory is corrupted in our younger generations due to use of drugs, the question is - with no humor intended - who is going to remember to pick-up dad’s or granddad’s meds at the pharmacy?"

"Harvard study: “We know that marijuana users tend to have deﬁcits in functions such as working memory, attention, and certain decision-making tasks. . . ”Who would want to put dad's or granddad's meds into the hands of someone who is already predisposed to using mind-altering substances and is suffering memory deficits? Just saying."

"With chemically enhanced foods, the expanded use of mind-altering drugs, such as marijuana, along with the release by the FDA of more potent mind-numbing medicines, America appears to be in a mental downgrade making at-home-care of our elderly even less of‘ an option. Institutional or long-term care is already out of‘ the ﬁnancial reach of families. A further sense of‘ hopelessness arises as legalized drug use poses a threat to safe and adequate at-home-care."

from page 72 AGING: WARNING - Navigating Life's MEDICAL, MENTAL & FINANCIAL MINEFIELDS By Sharon Sebastian

Considering the number of long term pot users that are now in multi-level care facilities suffering from early and advanced dementia

I'd love to consider that number ... what is the number?

Just about anyone who has worked at or with multi-level care facilities in the past few years can confirm [...]

All those words but no number.