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AARP Takes Medical Marijuana Mainstream

October 16, 2019 by Abbie Rosner 2 Comments

(originally posted Sept. 5, 2019)

With some 38 million members, and a magazine that tops the circulation of any publication in the country, AARP is arguably the most influential organization addressing adults over 50 in the United States. A non-partisan, non-profit organization, AARP’s publications, benefits programs, community activities and activism have sealed its reputation as an unbiased and trusted advocate on behalf of its constituents.

So when AARP publishes what older adults should know about medical marijuana, as it did this week in a special feature on Marijuana and Your Health, you know the message is going mainstream.  (Read more on Forbes.com)

Filed Under: cannabis and the over 50's, medical cannabis, medical marijuana

About Abbie Rosner

Abbie Rosner is a writer interested in how her cohort of Baby Boomers is exploring - and re-exploring - the drugs of our youth to enhance the way we age and transition. Her book, ELDEREVOLUTION - Psychedelics and the New Counterculture of Aging, will be published by Park Street Press in Spring 2026.

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  1. Frances Bolch says

    October 16, 2019 at 7:15 pm

    Glad to see that AARP is up with the times and realize that Medical Marijuana is worth while. Now if Congress would just get with the program.

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    • Abbie Rosner says

      October 16, 2019 at 7:27 pm

      Agree! Canada is now marking one year of full legalization and the country hasn’t fallen into chaos!

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