Millions of Americans Use Cannabis to Help Them Sleep. It Could Be Doing The Opposite.

 Millions of Americans Use Cannabis to Help Them Sleep. It Could Be Doing The Opposite.

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An estimated 22 million Americans currently use cannabis as a form of sleep aid, and almost one in four says they’re likely to try the drug to help them sleep.
But despite the widespread view that c…