Older adults pay more for pot than any other age group. This was one of the findings from a new study on cannabis pricing recently released by Headset, the Seattle, Washington-based cannabis data analytics firm. There are, of course, some important caveats here. The data for the report was collected from recreational sales during 2018 in four adult-use states: Washington, California, Colorado and Nevada. Still, their findings point to a larger, more troubling phenomenon. Read more on Forbes.com
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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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