{"id":685,"date":"2021-12-20T21:48:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomnews.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=685"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:56:30","slug":"johns-hopkins-study-medical-cannabis-usage-may-extend-older-adults-worklife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bloommarijuana.com\/news\/johns-hopkins-study-medical-cannabis-usage-may-extend-older-adults-worklife\/","title":{"rendered":"Johns Hopkins Study: Medical Cannabis Usage May Extend Older Adults\u2019 Worklife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The majority of human clinical cannabis studies, sorely lacking in the US, use young and working age participants. Even though older adults experience many more health problems that can be relieved by medical cannabis, this demographic group has been largely ignored by researchers. This changed with the publication of a study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Policy and Management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The premise was that medical cannabis laws (MML) may improve the health and employment prospects of older adults. Appearing in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management on February 6, 2019, the study is titled \u201cThe Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on the Health and Labor Supply of Older Adults: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. This article explains the findings of the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The summary of the findings of this 20-year study posited that older adults are more likely to drop out of the workforce due to poor health because of medical conditions associated with aging. Many of the symptoms of these conditions may be relieved by medical cannabis usage. The researchers examined the effects that state medical cannabis laws had on the health and labor supply of older adults living in those states. Extending the working capacity of older adults may reduce their need to deplete their retirement savings and\/or delay applying for social security benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to gain understanding of this demographic group, the study examined the effects of several health outcomes of older adults in states with medical cannabis programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n