Drug Dependence Rising Among Baby Boomers

A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration:

“Illicit drug use generally declines as individuals move through young adulthood into middle adulthood and maturity, but research has shown that the baby-boom generation (persons born between 1946 and 1964) has relatively higher drug use rates than previous generations. It has been predicted that, as the baby boom generation ages, past year marijuana use will almost triple between 1999/2001 and 2020 among persons aged 50 or older. Nonmedical use
of prescription-type drugs has been identified as a concern for this population.”
To read the complete report:  Illicit Drug Use Among Older Adults