Aussies born in the 50s and 60s are still the weed generation, but 90s kids are catching up

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Australians born in the 1950s and 1960s are still the cohort who are most likely to say they'd use cannabis if it was legal, according to Australian research. The team surveyed about 160,000 Australians aged 18-79 years old about their cannabis use over time and how that would change if cannabis were made legal. The researchers say favourable attitudes towards cannabis have increased over time, more so in children of the 50s and 60s than among generations older and younger than them. However, the researchers say children of the 90s are beginning to catch up when it comes to their willingness to try cannabis if it were legal.