Crazy, reckless boomers

We've all heard about adolescent risk-taking, but Mike Males in The New York Times says it's really boomers who are taking all the risks  and has the statistics to back it up.

This is Your (Father's) Brain on Drugs.

It's true that 30 years ago, the riskiest age group for violent death was 15 to 24. But those same boomers continue to suffer high rates of addiction and other ills throughout middle age, while later generations of teenagers are better behaved. Today, the age group most at risk for violent death is 40 to 49, including illegal-drug death rates five times higher than for teenagers.