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the generation gap: Boomers still high and getting higher

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The government reported Thursday that 4.4 percent of baby boomers ages 50 to 59 indicated that they had used illicit drugs in the past month. It marks the third consecutive yearly increase recorded for that age group by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Meanwhile, illicit drug use among young teens went down for the third consecutive year — from 11.6 percent in 2002 to 9.9 percent in 2005.

[from the Associated Press via the Houston Chronicle]

And Xer drug use was juuussst right?

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as one of the so-called "boomers" i want to know a couple of thing: 1) where are they getting these drugs from? 2) how come i'm not getting any? and 3) when do the little millenials start turning their late-age parents and grandparents in like the good little robot citizens they're being churned out as?
From what I've learned from CSI, the street value of marijuana is so high (no pun intended!) that empty-nester Boomers are pretty much the only ones who can afford it anymore.
i just *love* the generalized assumption that all boomers: a) have empty nests -- haven't you heard about all those X-ers and early Y-ers still living at home with their parents? b) have money -- following the economy reports lately?
I was using "empty-nester" as an adjective to specify which kinds of Boomers might have money, not as a generalization to identify all Boomers as having ready cash. And, believe me, I'm fully aware of the state of the economy--it's two days until payday, and I've got 80 cents in my wallet and less than $4 in my bank accounts until then.

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