Opinion: Your grandparents are using cannabis. Doctors can help them do it safely

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In 2016, about six weeks after cannabis was legalized for adults in Massachusetts, I was at a bustling New Year’s Eve party. It was a fun crowd, and I was having a good time. Suddenly, a friend shouted, “Peter, come quickly, you’re the only doctor here who isn’t high. We have an emergency.” I ran into the next room to find a 70-ish woman, an acquaintance, looking incredibly disoriented. She kept repeating, “I’m going to die. I’m going to die,” and seemed unsteady. I did my best to calm and comfort her, but within a few minutes, she collapsed. I checked her pulse but she didn’t need CPR. She came to in a few minutes, anxious and confused. Read the rest…