Study suggests medicinal cannabis may not treat sleep problems in long run

New Delhi, Jan 22 (ANI): A recent research has found that medical cannabis may not be able to help treat sleeping problems of people who have chronic pain over the long term. The study which was published in the journal BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care further suggested that this happens because frequent users might build up tolerance towards the sleep-inducing effects of cannabis and thus, it might become ineffective. Another study based on current evidence suggested that cannabinoids -the active chemicals in medicinal cannabis- do not have a role in cancer-related pain. Chronic pain is thought to affect between 19 percent and 37 percent of adults in the developed world and is often accompanied by sleep problems, including difficulty getting to (latency) and staying asleep, and waking up early. In the first study, researchers assessed the sleep quality and pain scores of 128 people who were being treated at a specialist pain clinic and found that 66 of them used medicinal cannabis t