Friends, I come bearing grave news. Light up your doobie in grim anticipation.
Weed, once a cool drug that teens got hopped up on and did crimes, is officially no longer cool. The reason? Apparently your mum and dad are smoking more of it than you are.
New government data from the Centre for Disease Control alleges that middle-aged Americans are slightly more likely to light up the devil’s lettuce than their teenaged children. Only 7.4 percent of Americans aged 12 to 17 years old smoked marijuana regularly in 2014 – a 10 percent decline on a decade prior. By comparison, 8 percent of 35 to 44 year olds did.
And it’s not like there’s been a general decline. Since 2002, regular marijuana use among Americans aged 45 to 54 exploded by nearly 50 percent. Among people aged 65+? A 455 percent increase. The oldies are greening the fuck out and we’re all about it.
Actually, we’re not all about it. Weed isn’t cool now. As a drug, it has gracefully aged, and is now lame. It’s like Werther’s Originals, or oatmeal, or M*A*S*H.
Source: The Washington Post.
Photo: Baked.
