“Although sleep is one of the primary reasons people use cannabis, our findings suggest that long-term cannabis use actually results in poorer sleep, which is associated with poorer memory.”
~ Tracy Brown, Psychology PhD student, University of Texas at Dallas
Although many people are prescribed medical marijuana to help them sleep, a recent cooperative study between the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Amsterdam found that long-term cannabis may in fact have the opposite effect.

The First Study of Its Kind

While earlier research looked separately at the impacts on sleep and memory, this study focused on both. Published in June in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, it focused on these three interrelated factors.  The first study of its kind, it relies on long-term marijuana use.
In this study, 141 adult subjects with a previous diagnosis of Cannabis Use Disorder and 87 non-current cannabis users were included in the study. To avoid skewing the results due to the drug’s acute effects, none of the subjects had used marijuana within the previous 24 hours. Continue reading Is marijuana good for sleep as many pot users claim? →