Middle-Aged Dads Likely to Smoke More Legal Pot Than Canadian Teens

  • The ‘conservative experimenter’ will start using: Deloitte
  • Likely consumers will be aged 35 to 54, report shows

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Move over, youngsters. Turns out, the person most likely to be passing around a joint when Canada legalizes marijuana is a middle-aged Gen X’er.

While current pot smokers are typically 18 to 34 years old and tend to be “risk takers,” once marijuana is made legal, the likely cannabis user will probably be a middle-aged “conservative experimenter” aged 35 to 54, Deloitte LLP said Tuesday in a report.