ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2023
Cannabis and sleep disorders: not ready for prime time? A qualitative scoping review.
Article in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Association of Recreational Cannabis Legalization with Frequency of Using Cannabis for Sleep.Journal of psychoactive drugs · 2025Article
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Abstract
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objectivesTo perform a qualitative scoping literature review for studies involving the effects of cannabis on sleep and sleep disorders.
methodsTwo electronic databases, MEDLINE and EMBASE, searched for comprehensive published abstracted studies that involved human participants. Inclusion criteria were article of any type, published in English, a target population of cannabis users, and reported data on cannabis effect on sleep and sleep disorders. The Joanna Briggs Institute's (JBI) approach was elected as the methodology framework guidance in the scoping review process.
resultsA total of 40 unique publications were found. The majority (82.5%) were from the Americas with 60% published in the last decade. Of the 40 studies, only 25% were randomized control trials, and the sleep outcome measurements were similar and comparable in only 20%. Cannabis users studied were reported either 73% frequent users or 27% sporadic users. The utilization of cannabis showed improved sleep (21%), worse sleep (48%), mixed results (14%), or no impact at all (17%) in the studies published in the last 5 decades.
conclusionsOur findings summarize the lack of robust evidence to support the use of cannabis for sleep disorders. The varied cannabis user-related characteristics may account for the inconsistent results identified. Further studies assessing cannabis and sleep are needed to discern what works in what context, how it works, and for whom. CITATION: Amaral C, Carvalho C, Scaranelo A, Chapman K, Chatkin J, Ferreira I. Cannabis and sleep disorders: not ready for prime time? A qualitative scoping review.
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