Substance abuse among the elderly is a growing problem

 Substance abuse among the elderly is a growing problem

The generation which reached maturity in the 60s and 70s, a time when drugs were more prevalent and accepted, are now reaching old age and haven’t given up their habits yet.

Substance abuse has long been considered an issue for the young not the old, but recent data from the National Insitute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) shows that the proportion of people with a substance use d…