Retirees Ease Aging's Aches At East Bay Senior Citizen Marijuana Club

WALNUT CREEK (KPIX) — Across from the championship lawn bowling greens at an upscale, gated community in Walnut Creek, inside a clean, well-lighted clubhouse, there’s a meeting going on.

Welcome to the Rossmoor Medical Marijuana Education and Support Club. About a hundred members are in attendance on this evening but they’re not here to get high.

“Not at all! At my age? I’m going to be 88 and at my age if I got high what difference would it make? But I don’t, I just don’t,” insisted club member Beverly Kivel.

These seniors are looking for an alternative solution to their medical problems.

“I had a massive stroke six years ago and I had residual trouble with sleeping and I decided to come and find out more about cannabis,” said Paul Holland.

The club first met four years ago with just 20 members.

“We kept our group very...

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