[Mears]

The Baby Boomers are really two generations,the early ones that practiced sex drugs, and rock and roll in the sixties,and the later ones born in the early sixties who actually have more in common with Gen X.

[tiamat]

Thank you.

I was born in 1960, and I have nothing in commen with Boomers. ( My SIL springs immediately to mind! LOL!)

Add to that, I was in the hospital for much of my childhood, so I never clicked culturally until the late 70's.

[TKDietz]

Actually, from the government statistics it looks like a slightly greater percentage of the second half of the baby boom generation smoked pot than than the first half. Those born in the early sixties were in their peak drug taking years in 1979 when marijuana use peaked in this country in 1979. I'm posting a link to a table from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health that shows that 61.5% of those born between 1958 and 1962 report that they have smoked pot. Compare that to the 46.1% born from 1948 to 1952 who report that they have smoked pot. The group born between 1963 and 1967, which I realize includes non boomers, reported that 56.4% of them had smoked pot. Another category on the table that includes both boomers and some that were born outside of the boom period is the group born between 1943 and 1947. According to the NSDUH, only 29.8% of this group reported having smoked pot before. It looks like the older boomers didn't smoke pot as much as the younger boomers.

Source:
http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nhsda/2k2nsduh/html/Sect1peTabs1to110A.htm#tab1.20b

[metesky]

Generational animus is stupid and unproductive and smearing an entire generation with a broad brush is something only a simplistic child would do.

Both Klintoon and W are Boomers, the worst and the best.

How does one reconcile a universal slam? 58,000 dead Boomers in Vietnam.