Recent cannabis use and nightly sleep duration in adults: an infographic
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* Eric S Schwenk
* Rajnish K Gupta
* Calvin Diep

*   pain management
*   pharmacology
*   outcome assessment
*   healthcare
*   drug-related side effects and adverse reactions

## Summary

Cannabis is often perceived as providing benefits as a sleep aid. In this nationally representative, cross-sectional study of adults aged 20–59 years in the USA, Diep *et al*1 categorized survey respondents into non-users and recent users based on their reported use of cannabis in the previous 30 days. Their primary outcome was nightly sleep duration, categorized as short (<6 hours), optimal (6–9 hours), or long (>9 hours). Recent cannabis users were found to have greater adjusted odds of reporting both short (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.34, 95% CI: 1.12 to 1.59) and long sleep (aOR 1.56, 95% CI: 1.25 to 1.96). Heavy users, who were those using cannabis at least 20 of the past 30 days, were even more likely to report sleep durations at the extreme ends of the range.

![Figure1](http://rapm.bmj.com/https://rapm.bmj.com/content/rapm/early/2021/11/24/rapm-2021-103294/F1.medium.gif)

[Figure1](http://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/11/24/rapm-2021-103294/F1)

## Ethics statements

### Patient consent for publication

Not applicable.

## Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge Jim Snively, artist, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for creation of this infographic.

## Footnotes

*   Twitter @ESchwenkMD, @dr_rajgupta, @calvdiep

*   Contributors All authors helped with the concept, design, and content of the infographic.

*   Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

*   Competing interests None declared.

*   Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

*   Received November 4, 2021.
*   Accepted November 6, 2021.


*   © American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

## Reference

1.  Diep C, Tian C, Vachhani K. Recent cannabis use and nightly sleep duration in adults: a population analysis of the NHANES from 2005 to 2018. Reg Anes Pain Med 2021.[doi:10.1136/rapm-2021-103161](http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2021-103161)