A recent study found a 71 percent increase in the number of people older than 49 who reported using marijuana between 2006 and 2013.

While much attention is focused on how legalizing medical and recreational cannabis will affect younger people, one New York University study set out to discover how the nation’s changing cannabis laws are impacting older citizens.

The study, titled “Demographic Trends Among Older Cannabis Users in the United States, 2006-2013,” was published in October in the journal Addiction.

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Zach Ruskin ~ SFWeekly.com ~