This is part of The Cannabis Writings, a series of articles on the Culture of Awareness. In previous reports, we learned how marijuana can help with conditions like depression, PTSD and insomnia. Now, we’ll look at some of the plant’s medicinal benefits from the perspective of people who’ve tried it in hopes of finding relief […]
The Cannabis Writings: Can Marijuana Help You Sleep? – Part 2/2
(Continued from part 1) As Truth on Pot tells us, cannabis can decrease the time it takes to get us to sleep and keep us in stage 3 longer, which is the slow-wave sleep when we get the most rest. The time we spend in REM sleep (stage 4) decreases as a result, which explains […]
The Cannabis Writings: Can Marijuana Help You Sleep? – Part 1/2
One of the most interesting aspects of cannabis use is the effect it has on sleep, and while more research needs to be done in this area, anyone who’s interested in cannabis would probably be interested in what’s been found so far. As we’ll learn here, cannabis seems to disrupt REM sleep (the sleep stage […]