Cannabis for sleep in older adults: use has outpaced the science.

Khaled Draghmeh, Prakash Gupta, Henry Yaggi, Deepak Cyril D’Souza

Cannabis use among older adults, defined here as those over 50 years of age, has increased rapidly, and sleep disturbance is among the most common reasons for use. Yet, despite growing use of cannabis and individual cannabinoids to facilitate sleep, evidence supporting their efficacy, tolerability and safety in older adults remains limited. Most experimental studies of cannabinoids and sleep have been conducted in…