By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, May 12, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Older adults are turning to cannabis edibles to help themselves feel better rather than to get stoned, a new study says.
They’re hoping to sleep better or ease their pain, and they’ve heard from friends that edibles might work better than their prescription drugs, according to findings published May 8 in JAMA Network Open.
“For the most part, we found that these folks aren’t really interested in getting high. They just want to feel better,” senior researcher Angela Bryan said in a news release. She’s a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder…