ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2017
Prevalence and correlates of sleep-related problems in adults receiving medical cannabis for chronic pain.
Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03964974 (Reducing Cannabis Use for Sleep Among Adults Using Medical Cannabis), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Reducing Cannabis Use for Sleep Among Adults Using Medical Cannabis
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Long-term and serious harms of medical cannabis and cannabinoids for chronic pain: a systematic review of non-randomised studies.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- A remote brief intervention plus social media messaging for cannabis use among emerging adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial in emergency department patients.Addictive behaviors · 2023Trial
- Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia to reduce cannabis use: Results from a pilot randomized controlled trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Trial
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- Interactions between cannabis use and chronic pain on sleep architecture: Findings from in-home EEG recordings.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026Article
- Working under the influence of cannabis amongst medical cannabis patients with chronic pain.The American journal on addictions · 2025Article
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- Factors Associated with Medical Cannabis Use After Certification: A Three-Month Longitudinal Study.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2024Article
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- Cannabis and sleep disorders: not ready for prime time? A qualitative scoping review.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023Article
- A Cross-Sectional and Prospective Comparison of Medicinal Cannabis Users and Controls on Self-Reported Health.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2021Article
- Are Sweet Dreams Made of These? Understanding the Relationship Between Sleep and Cannabis Use.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2021Review
- Perceived impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on cannabis-using emerging adults.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Use of Medical Cannabis to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury.Journal of neurotrauma · 2021Review
- Effect of prenatal marijuana exposure on sleep wake cycles and amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram (aEEG).Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Article
- Beyond the high: Mapping patterns of use and motives for use of cannabis as medicine.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2021Article
- Daily associations between sleep and opioid use among adults with comorbid symptoms of insomnia and fibromyalgia.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Article
- Marijuana versus evidence-based treatments for sleep and relaxation: A cross-sectional study of use and dose modification following involuntary job loss.Sleep health · 2021Article
- Consequences of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in adulthood. Scoping Review.Revista de saude publica · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the prevalence and correlates of sleep problems in a sample of medical cannabis patients. PROCEDURES: Adults ages 21 and older (N=801,M age=45.8) who were seeking medical cannabis certification (either for the first time or as a renewal) for chronic pain at medical cannabis clinics in southern Michigan completed baseline measures of cannabis use, sleep, pain, and other related constructs.
findingsOver half of the sample (59%) met criteria for past 1-month sleep disturbance, defined as at least one sleep problem occurring on 15 or more nights in the past month. Most participants (86%) reported that sleep problems were due to their current pain. Approximately 80% of participants reported using cannabis in the past 6 months to improve sleep and, among these participants, cannabis was rated as helpful for improving sleep. Sleep-related cannabis side effects were rare (35%), but sleep-related cannabis withdrawal symptoms were relatively common (65%). Statistically significant correlates of past 1-month sleep disturbance included a) being female, b) being white, c) being on disability, d) not having a medical cannabis card, and e) frequency of using cannabis to help sleep.
conclusionsSleep problems are highly prevalent and frequent in medical cannabis patients and are closely tied to pain. Sleep-related cannabis withdrawal symptoms are relatively common but their clinical relevance is unknown. The association between frequency of cannabis use to help sleep with higher odds of sleep problems will need to be clarified by longitudinal studies.
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