I have a lot of elderly neighbors. Alcoholism’s been a major factor in about half the deaths in the past few years. The runners-up in this popularity contest are cannabis of the grow-it-on-the-sly strength, and opioids because they’re nasty but people tend to start them later in life.
If we’re being literal about drugs as “non-caloric chemicals we ingest to modify our physiology”, the most popular drug in the elderly is probably a blood pressure med of some kind.
I have a lot of elderly neighbors. Alcoholism’s been a major factor in about half the deaths in the past few years. The runners-up in this popularity contest are cannabis of the grow-it-on-the-sly strength, and opioids because they’re nasty but people tend to start them later in life.
If we’re being literal about drugs as “non-caloric chemicals we ingest to modify our physiology”, the most popular drug in the elderly is probably a blood pressure med of some kind.