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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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David Struett

REVEALED: More older adults trying pot some for the first time | Vintage Vibes

Bill Martin, 76, smokes a vape pen containing marijuana resin. The Vietnam vet tried pot decades ago, gave up and tried again when it was cleared for medical use in Illinois. “I have issues sleeping, and it helps me for that,” Martin said. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Bill Martin is a product of the 1960s when it comes to using marijuana. The Vietnam veteran experimented with smoking weed after his discharge. But he quit using while he raised a family in the 1980s.

“I was a clean machine,” said Martin, 76, a Deerfield resident who grew up in Winnetka.

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