Colorado’s $9 Million Medical Marijuana Studies Are An ‘Opportunity To Guide The Nation’
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado is spending $9 million to study the role of marijuana as a medication. The state Board of Health approved the grants, and on Saturday researchers will come together to talk about their studies.
There are many topics. People want to know if pot can help with things like Parkinson’s, post-traumatic stress disorder, and even sleep.
We rush around by day, but at night we can’t sleep. Thirty percent of Americans suffer from insomnia. Some turn to pills, while others turn to pot.
“There are studies that suggest that many marijuana users use marijuana for sleep,” Dr. Russell Bowler of National Jewish Health said.
Bowler said it makes sense.
“There are receptors for the active ingredient in marijuana in the region of the brain that has been associated with the control of sleep,” he said.
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