Sep. 9, 2025 . Curtis Houck

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On Monday’s CBS Evening News, the show’s “Eye on America” segment celebrated the supposed surge in elderly Americans — increasingly consisting of the Baby Boomer generation — have become hooked on marijuana.

“Eye on America, the Acapulco golden years. More older Americans are getting high on marijuana,” boasted co-anchor Maurice DuBois in one of three teases.

DuBois later added the set-up to the piece from chief correspondent Jim Axelrod: “[T]onight, we focus on one way [America] has changed. When the Baby Boom generation was coming-of-age, marijuana use was against the law. Well, now in much of America, it’s legal. As Jim Axelrod reports some boomers are making up for lost time.”

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