No clear evidence either way The study analyzed use of marijuana for sleep among 21,729 adults between the ages of 20 and 59. It's a common assumption among marijuana users: Using weed will help you fall asleep and stay asleep. "Patients are spending money and time and resources to obtain cannabis right now to help with sleep," Ladha said. "There currently is no good quality evidence to suggest that cannabis will help improve sleep quality or duration." Prior studies have also found a connection between the two components of marijuana, CBD and THC, and poor sleep.
It's a common assumption among marijuana users: Using weed will help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Scientists, however, aren't so sure that's true. "This is an understudied but important area, as many people are increasingly turning to cannabis products as sleep aids," said sleep specialist Wendy Troxel, a senior behavioral scientist at RAND Corporation, who was not involved in the study. "But we really lack solid evidence demonstrating whether cannabis helps or hurts sleep," Troxel added. Use of weed may actually harm sleep, a new study has found. The research, published Monday in a BMJ journal, revealed adults who use weed 20 or more days during the last...
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