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By Joe Morgan via SWNS

Regular cannabis users really are dopey, getting either too little sleep or too much, a study has discovered.

Researchers have found the heavier the usage, the more likely that dope smokers are to have issues with sleep.

About 30 percent of people in England and Wales have admitted to using cannabis at least once during their lifetime.

While in the US, more than half of adults have tried it once and 12 percent of people say they smoke it regularly.

In the study, the 14.5 percent of people who said they had used cannabis in the last month were asked about their sleeping habits.

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They were 34 percent more likely to report short sleep and 56 percent more likely to report long sleep than those who hadn’t used cannabis in the preceding 30 days.

They were also 31 percent more likely to report difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or sleeping too much in the preceding two weeks, and 29 percent more likely to have discussed a sleeping problem with a doctor.

Heavy users, defined as using on 20 or more out of the preceding 30 days, were 64 percent more likely to experience short sleep and 76 percent more likely to experience long sleep compared with non-users.

"Increasing prevalence of both cannabis use and sleep deprivation in the population is a potential cause for concern," saidDr. Karim Ladha, at the University of Toronto.

“Despite the current literature demonstrating mixed effects of cannabis and various cannabinoid formulations on sleep architecture and quality, these agents are being increasingly used as both prescribed and unprescribed experimental therapies for sleep disturbances.

"Our findings highlight the need to further characterize the sleep health of regular cannabis users in the population.

"Sleep-wake physiology and regulation is complex and research about related endocannabinoid pathways is in its early stages.”

The study was published in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

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