More adult Ontarians smoking marijuana: new report
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 06:46 PM
Toronto - Pot may be helping more people deal with their mid-life crisis.
An increasing number of adults -- particularly those in their 30s and 40s -- are using marijuana, according to a new Ontario-wide report.
Experts say it's a growing national trend.
Canadians in their late teens and early 20s are usually considered the predominant pot-smoking demographic.
The report released Monday by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health found the average age of marijuana users in Ontario was 31 in 2005, compared with 26 in 1977.
And 40 per cent of those surveyed in 2005 who reported smoking pot in the previous year were between 30 and 49.
A senior scientist at CAMH says "basically, it tells us that cannabis use has become a more and more acceptable lifestyle for adults."
