 Business intelligence from Akerna KERN, a leading compliance technology provider and developer of the cannabis industrys first seed-to-sale enterprise resource planning ERP software technology MJ Platform, shows among first-time cannabis buyers, baby boomers 55 spend 22 on edibles versus 9 on edibles for consumers in the18-34-year-old age range. The image of Jeff Spicoli as the stereotypical stoner has tainted the image of the cannabis consumer, said Aryeh Primus, vice president of analytics, Akerna. At one time, the use of tinctures, concentrated herbal extracts, were thought to be popular among the Baby Boomer Generation, due to historical medical uses. 