Chicago, IL: Some one-in-six adults say that they use cannabis as a sleep aid, according to survey data compiled by Harris polling on behalf of Green Thumb Industries.
Pollsters surveyed over 2,000 respondents. Sixteen percent of respondents acknowledged inhaling or ingesting cannabis “to help [them] sleep.” Another ten percent of respondents said they used commercially available CBD products as sleep aids.
The survey’s findings are consistent with those of several others concluding that adults frequently use cannabis to mitigate sleep disturbances, including insomnia, and enhance sleep quality.
Data published in the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine reports that the enactment of adult-use marijuana legalization laws is associated with significant reductions in the sales of over-the-counter sleep aids. Findings published in 2023 in the Journal of the American Nutrition Association reported that the daily administration of low doses of CBD (15 mg) improves sleep quality as effectively as melatonin.
Full survey data is available from Green Thumb Industries. Additional information on the use of cannabis for insomnia is available from NORML’s publication, Clinical Applications for Cannabis and Cannabinoids.