The Chemical Lullaby. Why Your THC Sleep Aid is Making You Tired

It's 2:00 a.m. you're staring at the ceiling doing the math on how many hours you have left before your alarm goes off. Your body is exhausted but your brain refuses to shut down. Millions of people deal with this every night. For decades the standard response was a heavy over-the-counter sedative or a prescription Z-drug. But sales of conventional sleep aids have plummeted by 236% as consumers abandon the pharmacy for the dispensary. However, trading the pharmacy for the dispensary isn't always a simple lateral move. By using high potency products to force sleep, many are entering a biological cycle that often complicates the very problem they are trying to fix.