[aimee]

I have exhausted almost all of my sleeping pill options and am abandoning the pharmaceutical route. I don't live in a state where medical marijuana is legal yet, and try not to break the law since I can be prevented from gaining admittance to the state bar when I graduate. I was thinking that when I move I should get a medical marijuana card and see how that effects the insomnia. I smoked from time to time when I was younger, but didn't notice any effect on sleeping although I don't think I was having problems at the time.

Anyone have experiences on the subject?

[Martin Reed]

This is something I haven't even covered in the blog yet – up to now there hasn't been any conclusive reports (at least that I've come across) that are for or against the use of marijuana for insomnia. Are you able to talk candidly with your doctor about this, or would that be inappropriate?

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[aimee]

I haven't spoken with any doctor about it. I live in Indiana so its legal here, but over Christmas break I was traveling around California and to Phoenix and noticed ads everywhere for med marijuana. It made me wonder if anyone uses that for insomnia…i'm not really a smoker myself but I was just curious what people thought about that.

[Baron]

there've been many times i've wanted to, with tongue only half-firmly-planted-in-cheek, suggest that all the insomniacs move to a state (or country) where marijuana's legal (medically or decriminalised). i live in los angeles.

yes, it works. it's great. just get the right kind. here in california, a good pharmacy with a knowledgeable staff would be able to show you a few strains. but broadly speaking you'll be looking at a pure indica or even a hybrid with an indica-dominant strain. some of the co-ops also sell edibles like muffins, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, tinctures. people report a deeper, more body-centric effect with those, which is supposed to be even stronger at helping you sleep.

the downside is it can get pricey. good strains can cost $80 for 1/8 oz but the proliferation of co-ops and competition means you can get good ones for $60 and a few places might sell you something for $40 or $45 (maybe in the valley, these are la prices). it hasn't been federalised so theoretically you can still be stopped by law enforcement (though i hardly hear about that happening anymore and it's never anything heavy if you have less than 1 oz) and you certainly can't air travel with it, and your card won't get you out of trouble if you take it with you to a state where it isn't legalised, yada yada.

you could also try the marinol pills, which i understand are extremely strong.

good luck!

[Martin Reed]

Thanks for sharing the above information, Baron. I'm sure Aimee will find it helpful.

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