Cannabis & Insomnia

As cannabis becomes more accessible and popular, it is important to know how it affects cannabis users and their sleep patterns. It is important to ask how cannabis impacts insomnia, and if there are negatives or positives of using cannabis to help insomnia. Many people use cannabis as an agent to help with insomnia. It is important to research and understand if it helps people sleep better or if it results in more struggles with insomnia. The data was collected with a digital, cross-sectional, quantitative survey given to 1,022 participants who were between the ages of 18-25 years old and who lived in Rhode Island. The results are that as cannabis use increases, insomnia also increases. There were different prevalence rates of insomnia depending on frequency of cannabis use. Further research can investigate the effects of insomnia and cannabis use in a more direct way.