A Doctor Explains Why Grandma Should Probably Get a Little Lit

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, History, Comedy

4.8 • 669 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Dr. Peter Grinspoon—author of the new book Aging Well with Cannabis: Feel Better, Sleep Better, and Live Better with Marijuana and CBD—explains that senior citizens are the fastest growing demo of cannabis consumers. But they often need help accessing information and safely ingesting the plant. Dr. Grinspoon is a primary care physician and educator at Massachusetts General Hospital, an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and serves as a board member of the advocacy group Doctors For Cannabis Regulation, which works on legalizing cannabis with an eye toward social justice issues. PATREON Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Supporters get exclusive access to video versions of this podcast and private seshes, plus cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 150+ episodes of Great Moments in Weed History, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday.

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0:00.0	I'm looking on everything.
0:05.0	I'm going to,
0:08.0	welcome to an all new great moments and weed.
0:11.0	Let the bell strike take something.
0:16.0	Yes, you're a Bible.
0:18.0	Hi, everybody.
0:20.0	It's Bean. Welcome to an all-new, great moments in weed history.
0:25.7	Today on the podcast, we're going to talk about society's fastest growing cannabis-consuming demographic.
0:32.5	Nope, not reggae fans or people who say the word hella.
0:36.7	They've both been smoking hella weed for a long, long time.
0:40.8	I'm talking about our elders.
0:43.4	Because according to a new study from the University of Colorado, Boulder,
0:47.8	the number of people over age 65 using cannabis soared 250% as legalization swept across the country,
0:57.4	and that number just keeps getting higher and higher,
1:01.3	apparently like the back row of Bingo Night at a retirement community.
1:06.6	Now, even if you're sitting in a college dorm room right now
1:10.0	or on your way to a Billy Elish
1:12.2	concert or whatever the young people are up to, this still may be the single most important
1:18.4	episode you ever listen to because we all have parents and grandparents and almost all of them
1:24.9	can significantly benefit from the medicinal properties of our favorite plant.
1:30.4	But how do you even start that conversation?
1:33.1	Hey, Grandma! I want to hit this joint and we can play some scrabble. I think it would be really
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