"Don't trust anyone under 30."
Posted on 07/25/2015 11:26:01 AM PDT by Wolfie
Seniors Are Seeking Out States Where Marijuana is Legal
The top moving destination in 2014 was Oregon, which voted to legalize marijuana last November.
When choosing retirement locales, a few factors pop to mind: climate, amenities, proximity to grandchildren, access to quality healthcare.
Chris Cooper had something else to consider – marijuana laws.
The investment adviser from Toledo had long struggled with back pain due to a fractured vertebra and crushed disc from a fall. He hated powerful prescription drugs like Vicodin, but one thing did help ease the pain and spasms: marijuana.
So when Cooper, 57, was looking for a place to retire, he ended up in San Diego, since California allows medical marijuana. A growing number of retirees are also factoring in the legalization of pot when choosing where to spend their golden years.
“Stores are packed with every type of person you can imagine,” said Cooper who takes marijuana once or twice a week, often orally. “There are old men in wheelchairs, or women whose hair is falling out from chemotherapy. You see literally everybody.”
Cooper, who figures he spends about $150 on the drug each month, is not alone in retiring to a marijuana-friendly state.
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have laws legalizing medical marijuana use. A handful – Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and D.C. – allow recreational use as well.
The U.S. legal marijuana market was $2.7 billion in 2014, a figure expected to rise to $3.4 billion this year, according to ArcView Market Research.
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You ever see pics of the African runners that smoke Congolese red..and other stuff. Ganja.? They look like desert raisins.
They can run for days.. And skinny? Oh if only I could run again.
> Will make it easier to accept the Death Panel’s eventual ruling.
Just march ‘em in while they’re high. Less restance and they won’t know what hit ‘em.
Look at it this way. All the addicts will congregate in a few states and keep the crazies from moving in around us.
"Don't trust anyone under 30."
Of course your response was the liberal response.
And in related news...
[Senior] State Trooper: I Feed Bigfoots and They Have a Language
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LOL...
I guess that was the most obvious choice in Google images.
:-)
Didn’t see your post before I posted mine. I swear! ;-)
It’s a weird world where we think it’s better people take opioids than pot.
The percentage of dodgers and bra burners is pretty much the same as the Ferguson protesters and OWS ... less than 1/10 of 1/10 percent .... but that's all you know about.
Don't let wrinkles and age fool ya, kid.
Hah. I ain’t no kid. lol...
I know it shouldn't be possible, but I can actually smell them from the picture...
He also grows Poppies, Hemlock and Nightshade. I think you are presumptuous as to tell God what you think is the acceptable purpose for his creations.
Yes we need to make sure doctors and pharmaceutical companies get paid when people seek pain relief.
Hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, etc. is just fine, but marijuana will destroy society.
And apparently we must support a total ban on marijuana or we are liberals.
It is certainly news to me that the people who ran this country in the 18th and 19th centuries were liberals. It’s a wonder this nation survived during the 150 years before big nanny government prohibition.
Sad.
Nobody is telling God anything. God told us. He gave us dominion over the earth and its living creatures and plant life. You may want to check your mirror for that presumptuous attitude you are alluding to.
Ah!... propective voters high as kites...
What could go wrong?..
Those that should know better...... DON’T.....
Some are delusional others create their own delusion..
Bought paid for, legalized, and dopey delusion..
How else could Barry Obama or HELLary Clinton be explained..
Dealing with pain, every day, all day, waking up in pain, etc. plus having to be very careful where I go really takes a chunk out of quality of life.
Having said that, the most enjoyable activity for me is reading the Word, and being a light to others with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ.
This pain is temporary, but the souls of men are eternal.
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