Boomers eating space cake.
They misjudge the oral dose they are taking then freak out. Much easier to titrate the dose when smoking.
I did a gummy once and that was enough
Tried CBD gummies once, had no effect on me, and it wasn't because I had built up any resistance: I may be the only Boomer who actually never smoked the stuff, or any other stuff for that matter.
If you’re a senior and you don’t want to smoke it, just get a vape pen. Then you can control the dosage and not end up freaking out and wasting everyone’s time at the hospital.
Junk.
What - they went to the emergency room because they felt funny?
Another day, another “study” in America.
It depletes vitamin C.
Me too just a gummy that my friend gave me. I used to smoke pot as a kid but kicked the habit decades ago. The gummy send me on a little psychedelic trip. My 65 y/o self no likey it.
These days with fentanyl out there doing illegal purchases from non-regulated sources is downright way too risky for those who go that route.
Too dangerous!!! /s
SMH, literally no one has ever dropped dead on camera because of 420 gummy bears. Trump is right, time to execute the real drug dealers.
I knew a guy who smoked pot in the 70’s and early 80’s before becoming a respectable adult, and stopping it. Then, a few years ago he had the opportunity to smoke a joint of the latest stuff, and he said he had to take the day off from work, as he was just OUT.
I assume that’s probably what’s happening here. “I used to smoke half a lid back in the days with the boys”. (Smokes a joint, and freaks out at the strength of modern stuff).
The actual numbers
In 2005, 366 people over the age of 65 sought care at an emergency department in the state for a cannabis-related issue, while that number grew to 12,167 in 2019.
Very surprising. I wonder what the average ER fee was. I am guessing 4-6k. Probably the ins companies are upset and funded this study.
I see regularly see elderly degenerates going in droves back and forth from a nearby church to smoke and deal with the mustyazz dealer sitting in his lawn chair across the street. Ambulance goes to that church about once a week too.
These filthy old fools submerge the whole block in weed fumes. They probably do the same in their assisted living complexes too, ruining retirement for many of their neighbors.
a moron wrote this article!!
No serious side effect noted in anyone and they title this article like there is!! friggin clickbait!!
Eating to much thc will render you incapacitated for hours. Not fun.
Some of the younger guys I am in a sports-league with talk about "edibles."
Seems like a very depressing and lonely way to consume marijuana
Isn't the "fun" of marijuana come from listening to the Allman Brothers, having some beers, and sharing a communal joint, particularly if one's cohorts from the girls dorm of your college are in attendance?
I had a…friend…who ate jerky that had been enhanced. He had no idea that each piece contained about 100 milligrams of THC and he ate 2 pieces. So did his wife.
Within a couple of hours neither could walk. Both were projectile vomiting- he into the kitchen sink, she into the downstairs toilet. He crawled to the sofa but it felt like it was moving and he felt he would fall off. He belly crawled up the stairs and made it to the king sized bed which was big enough that he felt he could stay on it.
They could not call for help as they found themselves unable to operate their phones.
She crawled to the dog’s bed and spent the night there.
This was Memorial Day Weekend which was a good thing…the next three days were a haze of nausea and weakness. They had a hard time keeping food down for a week and lost over 10 pounds each. So much for munchies.
“..And why did you come to Urgent Care tonight, Sir?”
I dunno, I guess I can’t stop eating.
“...You ‘guess’ that you can’t stop eating?”
do you mean; even when you’re not hungry?
Well, I’m hungry all the time.
The personal anecdotes are better than the article!
...the best part of FR!
The amount of THC in the edibles is completely unregulated making them dangerous and needs regulation. The pro-marijuana potheads will scream bloody murder of course, claiming that marijuana is completely safe.