Posted on 07/25/2015 11:26:01 AM PDT by Wolfie
Seniors Are Seeking Out States Where Marijuana is Legal
The top moving destination in 2014 was Oregon, which voted to legalize marijuana last November.
When choosing retirement locales, a few factors pop to mind: climate, amenities, proximity to grandchildren, access to quality healthcare.
Chris Cooper had something else to consider – marijuana laws.
The investment adviser from Toledo had long struggled with back pain due to a fractured vertebra and crushed disc from a fall. He hated powerful prescription drugs like Vicodin, but one thing did help ease the pain and spasms: marijuana.
So when Cooper, 57, was looking for a place to retire, he ended up in San Diego, since California allows medical marijuana. A growing number of retirees are also factoring in the legalization of pot when choosing where to spend their golden years.
“Stores are packed with every type of person you can imagine,” said Cooper who takes marijuana once or twice a week, often orally. “There are old men in wheelchairs, or women whose hair is falling out from chemotherapy. You see literally everybody.”
Cooper, who figures he spends about $150 on the drug each month, is not alone in retiring to a marijuana-friendly state.
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have laws legalizing medical marijuana use. A handful – Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and D.C. – allow recreational use as well.
The U.S. legal marijuana market was $2.7 billion in 2014, a figure expected to rise to $3.4 billion this year, according to ArcView Market Research.
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Will make it easier to accept the Death Panel’s eventual ruling.
Ping!
Would you deny the dying comfort and alleviation from pain?
Another reason why allowing it is a big mistake.
I really loved much about the Emerald People’s Republic. The climate of the Willamette and Umpqua valleys were just about perfect, in my opinion. The gardens were glorious. I climbed most of the mountains over 9,000 feet (except Mt. Hood and North Sister.) I learned about Nancy’s Yogurt; there’s some in the fridge right now. And I still like Birkenstocks.
Having said that, the human culture in Eugene, where I lived eight years, was the most fabulously, gloriously, blindly intolerant and bigoted place I’ve ever lived. It’s as if the KKK’s grandchildren (the Klan was big in the Valley in the 1920s) had morphed into Big Brother liberalism. Living there is one of the reasons I grew into conservative thought.
I would rather reside in Hell than retire there. And my garden in Alaska is actually pretty darn good. (I suppose I could grow weed, if I wanted, but I’m already spacey enough without chemical assistance.)
Burn-outs are now seniors.
And they look it too.
Who is 'allowing' it?
God grew it, I smoke it and that settles it.
Surviving hippies reliving their youth.
57 is a “Senior”?
60’s hippies
Old hippie stoner lefties who have succeeded in destroying this nation.
It’d be great if they all went to one state like Oregon.
The Libertarian in me asks "How is this hurting you?"
The Conservative in me asks "How can I profit from this?"
And I don't really know how liberals would react.
Yes you do.
You are doing it.
Let ‘em all move there, keep them away from me.
He's doing it wrong.
He could grow a full years' supply every year for about $25 in fertilizer and water.
Just like growing tomatoes.
No, I’m not. You are. I ask pertinent questions and you make baseless allegations.
Former draft dodgers and bra burners? Ya don’t say!
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