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Is Marijuana Helping or Hurting Your Sleep? A common trope among users of marijuana is how useful it can be in helping one fall asleep, but research shows that may not be the case. According to CNN, using weed might be hurting your beauty rest. A study, published in 'BMJ,' found that adults who had used marijuana 20 days or more throughout the month were around 64% more likely to sleep less than six hours a night. Adversely, the same adults are also 76% more likely to snooze nine hours or more. Adults in the study classified as moderate weed users didn't experience shortness of sleep. Moderate users were 47% more likely to sleep more than nine hours. The study analyzed the use of marijuana as a sleep aid for 21,729 adults between the ages of 20 and 59. Researchers say additional studies will be needed since the results are inconclusive. "At this time there still isn't any clear evidence that cannabis is helping sleep.", Dr. Bhanu Prakesh Kolla, specialist Center for Sleep Medicine Mayo Clinic, via CNN. "The studies just give us the possibilities that (marijuana) could hurt your sleep, but it may help and so we just don't know until you try it.", Dr. Karim Ladha, clinician-scientist University of Toronto, via CNN. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT