02-22-2017, 09:47 AM
When Retirement Comes With a Daily Dose of Cannabis
<p class="">By <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/winnie-hu" title="More Articles by WINNIE HU"><span>WINNIE HU</a></span>
FEB. 19, 2017<p class="">
<p class="">Ruth Brunn finally said yes to marijuana. She is 98.
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<p class="">She pops a green pill filled with cannabis oil into her mouth with a sip of vitamin water. Then Ms. Brunn, who has neuropathy, settles back in her wheelchair and waits for the jabbing pain in her shoulders, arms and hands to ebb.
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<p class="">I dont feel high or stoned, she said. All I know is I feel better when I take this.
<p class="">Ms. Brunn will soon have company. The nursing home in New York City where she lives, the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, is taking the unusual step of helping its residents use <a class="" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/m/marijuana/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about marijuana.">medical marijuana</a> under a new program to treat various illnesses with an alternative to prescription drugs. While the staff will not store or administer pot, residents are allowed to buy it from a dispensary, keep it in locked boxes in their rooms and take it on their own.
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<p class="">From retirement communities to <a class="" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/nursing_homes/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival health news about nursing homes.">nursing homes</a>, older Americans are increasingly turning to marijuana for relief from aches and pains. Many have embraced it as an alternative to powerful drugs like morphine, saying that marijuana is less addictive, with fewer side effects.
<p class="">For some people, it is a last resort when nothing else helps.....
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<p class=""><a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/nyregion/retirement-medicinal-marijuana.html?_r=0">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/nyregion/retirement-medicinal-marijuana.html?_r=0</a>
<p class="">By <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/winnie-hu" title="More Articles by WINNIE HU"><span>WINNIE HU</a></span>
FEB. 19, 2017<p class="">
<p class="">Ruth Brunn finally said yes to marijuana. She is 98.
<p class="">
<p class="">She pops a green pill filled with cannabis oil into her mouth with a sip of vitamin water. Then Ms. Brunn, who has neuropathy, settles back in her wheelchair and waits for the jabbing pain in her shoulders, arms and hands to ebb.
<p class="">
<p class="">I dont feel high or stoned, she said. All I know is I feel better when I take this.
<p class="">Ms. Brunn will soon have company. The nursing home in New York City where she lives, the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, is taking the unusual step of helping its residents use <a class="" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/m/marijuana/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about marijuana.">medical marijuana</a> under a new program to treat various illnesses with an alternative to prescription drugs. While the staff will not store or administer pot, residents are allowed to buy it from a dispensary, keep it in locked boxes in their rooms and take it on their own.
<p class="">
<p class="">From retirement communities to <a class="" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/nursing_homes/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival health news about nursing homes.">nursing homes</a>, older Americans are increasingly turning to marijuana for relief from aches and pains. Many have embraced it as an alternative to powerful drugs like morphine, saying that marijuana is less addictive, with fewer side effects.
<p class="">For some people, it is a last resort when nothing else helps.....
<p class="">
<p class="">
<p class=""><a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/nyregion/retirement-medicinal-marijuana.html?_r=0">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/nyregion/retirement-medicinal-marijuana.html?_r=0</a>