About 16 percent of Americans aged 21 and older say they use cannabis as a sleep aid, according to a new industry-backed survey. That makes marijuana more popular for sleep than prescription sleep aids (12 percent) or alcohol (11 percent), but still not quite as common as using supplements (26 percent) or over-the-counter sleep aids […]
Canadian boomer here (M, 67 yo)
Always smoked weed, gave up alcohol at 30.
Wifey joined me w/cannabis about 10 years ago, but was “discreet” about using.
Since legalization, the explosion of open edible use amongst women, especially as a sleeping aid has been astronomical.
And close to 100% of these new users would have laughed you off the planet if you’d suggested to them a decade ago that they’d be cannabis users today.
Also, in a UK study about a decade ago, something like 90% of GPs surveyed said they’d never prescribe sleepers for themselves…
Canadian boomer here (M, 67 yo) Always smoked weed, gave up alcohol at 30.
Wifey joined me w/cannabis about 10 years ago, but was “discreet” about using.
Since legalization, the explosion of open edible use amongst women, especially as a sleeping aid has been astronomical.
And close to 100% of these new users would have laughed you off the planet if you’d suggested to them a decade ago that they’d be cannabis users today.
Also, in a UK study about a decade ago, something like 90% of GPs surveyed said they’d never prescribe sleepers for themselves…