Baby Boomers Taking up Pot Again May Be Surprised How Much It's Changed
With both medical and recreational marijuana use now legal in Maine, today’s growers are combining green thumbs with advanced chemistry to produce varieties to treat everything from anxiety to pain.
But things have changed a bit since the days when marijuana was an illicit drug sold on the black market — including the potency of today’s marijuana.
“Back when I was a teenager I’d smoke a little bit on and off,” the 67-year-old said. “I joined the Air Force in 1969 and did not smoke much after that for many years until I got my medical marijuana card six years ago.”
With no dispensary available at that time in his area, Davis said he contacted a friend-of-a-friend who was able to supply some medical grade marijuana, which turned out to be a bit different than the weed he remembered from his younger days.
It was, he said, far more potent...
