Marijuana Helps People Quit Using Prescription Sleep Aids And Allows Them To Wake Up More Focused And Refreshed, Study Indicates - Marijuana Moment
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A new survey of cannabis consumers with sleep issues found that most preferred to use marijuana instead of other sleep aids to help get to bed, reporting better outcomes the next morning and fewer side effects. Smoking joints or vaping products that contained THC, CBD and the terpene myrcene were especially popular. Compared to using […]
  • havokdj@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    To be fair, losing the ability to dream does kind of suck.

    I really think this depends on what you are smoking though. Sativa was my choice for years when I still smoked and it made sleep more difficult on account of the forced stimulation vs passive stimulation of indica.

    • keefshape@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      After decades of use, I am personally and anecdoatally, pretty sure those dreams aren’t lost, but rather encoded to memory differently.

    • doppelgangmember@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Better than meds, but it’s a double edged sword.

      Marijuana does interrupt the REM cycle to a degree, affecting dreams in-turn.