{"id":43426,"date":"2018-09-13T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/senior-citizens-celebrate-the-healing-powers-of-pot-at-this-oakland-social-club\/"},"modified":"2018-09-13T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T16:00:00","slug":"senior-citizens-celebrate-the-healing-powers-of-pot-at-this-oakland-social-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/senior-citizens-celebrate-the-healing-powers-of-pot-at-this-oakland-social-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Citizens Celebrate the Healing Powers of Pot at This Oakland Social Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marijuana is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about senior citizens, but there&#x2019;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/baby-boomers-are-using-more-marijuana-than-ever-new-study-finds\">increasingly large segment of America&apos;s over-65 population<\/a> that not only supports, but regularly uses cannabis. Senior citizens are actually <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/cannabis-is-becoming-increasingly-popular-among-senior-citizens\">the fastest-growing demographic among marijuana users today<\/a>, thanks to the expanding number of states that have recently legalized medical or recreational cannabis use. And given the number of medications often prescribed to seniors, a number of them are seeking alternatives to pharmaceutical drugs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/business.merryjane.com\/jwplayer?playerId=dwPud8jr&amp;mediaId=sVR6hWnh\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In Oakland, California, a group of 420-friendly seniors have established a monthly social club, where they gather to socialize, share tips and experiences with new cannabis products, and smoke some weed, of course! Join <em>Healing Powers <\/em>host Mareesa Stertz as she visits the East Bay Senior Cannabis Social Club to talk with group members, patient advocates, medical practitioners, and educators who are helping to spread the positive word about senior citizens and marijuana. After all, you&#x2019;re never too old to try something new!<\/p>\n<p><em>For more &#x201C;Healing Powers,&#x201D; peep our previous episodes, covering everything from <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/at-weed-for-warriors-military-veterans-harness-the-healing-powers-of-marijuana\"><em>marijuana for military vets<\/em><\/a><em>, the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/cleansing-with-kambo-how-some-are-embracing-the-healing-powers-of-frog-medicine\"><em>cleansing capacity of frog medicine<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/a-psychedelic-trip-to-holland-reveals-the-healing-powers-of-psilohuasca\"><em>superpowered magic mushrooms<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/meet-dr-zee-a-chemist-trying-to-solve-all-of-lifes-problems-with-just-one-pill\"><u><em>t<\/em><\/u><em>he quest for the perfect pill<\/em><\/a><em>, and the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/working-out-your-dark-side-through-the-healing-powers-of-cannabis-therapy\"><em>potential of pot-facilitated therapy<\/em><\/a><em>. And for more information on the East Bay Senior Cannabis Social Club, check out <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EastBaySeniorCanna\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>their Facebook page<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seniors and educators share their excitement about the many benefits of marijuana for boomers with host Mareesa Stertz on the latest episode of \u201cHealing Powers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senior Citizens Celebrate the Healing Powers of Pot at This Oakland Social Club - Merry Jane<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/senior-citizens-celebrate-the-healing-powers-of-pot-at-this-oakland-social-club\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senior Citizens Celebrate the Healing Powers of Pot at This Oakland Social Club - 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