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This Week on Another View: The Growing Use of Cannabis by Seniors

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In the 1970s, marijuana use surged in the US. Driven by the counter-culture movement and a growing acceptance of cannabis, by 1976, more than a third of high school seniors reported using marijuana. By 1979, one in eight Americans over 12 reported using weed. That generation is now fifty years or older and reports are- they're still lighting up- for both medical and recreational use. On this edition of Another View, the growing use of herb among the American senior population. This and all Another View programs can be heard on demand on the program page.

Barry Graham used to arrive at WHRO with a briefcase full of papers and lesson plans. For 32 years he taught US and Virginia Government in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. While teaching was always his first love, radio was a close second. While attending Old Dominion, Barry was program director at WODU, the college radio station. After graduating, he came to WHRO as an overnight announcer. Originally intending to stay on only while completing graduate school, he was soon hooked on Public Radio and today is the senior announcer on WHRV. In 2001, Barry earned his Ph.D in Urban Studies by writing a history of WHRO and analyzing its impact upon local education, policy and cultural arts organizations.