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You may be making a big mistake using weed to fall asleep: study
New York Post • • health
Key Points:
- A 35-year study from Northwestern Medicine found that both long-term and recent cannabis use are linked to poorer sleep quality, despite users not perceiving their sleep as worse.
- Each additional year of cannabis use increased the odds of lower sleep efficiency, fragmented sleep, and more time awake after initially falling asleep.
- Recent cannabis users had significantly higher odds of fragmented sleep, prolonged wakefulness after sleep onset, and sleeping longer than optimal compared to never-users.
- Self-reported sleep quality did not correlate with cannabis use, highlighting the importance of objective sleep measurements in assessing sleep health.
- Researchers emphasize that cannabis is not an effective sleep aid and recommend focusing on healthy sleep habits instead, though the study did not account for cannabis potency or consumption methods.
