Many insomniacs swear by hashish as a approach to assist them sleep – whereas many scientific research have discovered that THC really exacerbates sleep issues.
A brand new examine revealed final week in Dependancy would possibly clarify why.
Researchers from the College of Southern California’s Keck Faculty of Drugs discovered that for younger adults with pre-existing despair or nervousness, hashish improved sleep. For these with out pre-existing psychological well being circumstances, it created extra sleep issues.
“There’s a standard notion that hashish can enhance sleep, however the science on hashish’s results on sleep is blended, and a part of the explanation could possibly be as a result of particular person components like psychological well being play a job in how hashish use impacts sleep,” says Claire Walsh, a PhD scholar in behavioral well being at USC and lead writer of the examine.
Walsh and her crew used information from USC’s Happiness and Well being Examine, which surveyed 3,300 public highschool college students within the Los Angeles space on their substance use, social and emotional well being, in addition to different well being components, between 2013 and 2023.
The examine in contrast individuals who use hashish 20 or extra days every month with those that have by no means tried it, and decided how hashish impacts sleep issues utilizing a 16-point scoring system. Walsh says that for individuals who had been anxious or depressed, her crew noticed “a mean lower in sleep issues of -1.18 factors over six months”, and for individuals with out nervousness or despair, they noticed “a mean enhance in sleep issues of 1.66 factors over six months” in contrast with those that didn’t use hashish.
