As marijuana dispensaries open, sales of
over-the-counter (OTC) sleep remedies go down, suggesting that many people
suffering with insomnia
prefer to self-treat with cannabis than to take pharmaceuticals. The study,
published in the journal Complimentary Therapies in Medicine, assessed sales of
OTC sleep aids before and after Colorado passed laws legalizing recreational
marijuana.
The market share of sleep aids compared
to all OTC drugs was growing before the legalization of recreational cannabis,
but when dispensaries opened, the trend reversed, with the market share
dropping 236%.
These findings support evidence that
many people use marijuana to treat insomnia, even though it’s not a specific
qualifying condition under any state medical marijuana law.
According to the authors of the study,
the results suggest that “at least some recreational purchasers are using
cannabis for therapeutic rather than recreational purposes.”
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