The Boomer’s Guide to the New World of Cannabis Marijuana used to be purely recreational, now it’s a key part of our health plans. Here’s how to navigate the brave new medicinal world BY RICHARD STOCKTON
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n the fall of 1968, I listened to Dr. Timothy Leary speak on the Merrill College quad at UCSC. “If you do not make your life an experiment, it will be wasted,” he said, and that’s the one thing I learned in college that I actually applied to my life.
There is an old hippie joke that goes, “People accuse us of experimenting with drugs. We’re not experimenting, we know exactly what we are doing.” But, it turns out, not really! We changed, society changed, and certainly the drugs have changed. You’ve got to experiment just to dial in the indica/ sativa mix that fits your needs. For some people my age—even those with plenty of recreational experience—the brave new world of marijuana as medicine can be intimidating. What strains have what effect? What is a microdose? How do dispensaries really work? I don’t have enough space to get too much into the technical aspects here, but my hope is to give even the completely uninitiated who are considering cannabis as a medical option enough confidence to stride right into a dispensary and learn more. »»
