Cannabis and alcohol use for sleep aid: A daily diary investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

One in 5 college students use substances such as cannabis and/or alcohol to help sleep. Despite this high prevalence of sleep aid use, there remains a lack of research on the potential day-to-day sleep- and substance-related consequences. The current study examined associations of cannabis and alcohol sleep aid use with subsequent sleep and substance use consequences among college students.

Method

Of a baseline sample of 217 college students endorsing past-month cannabis and/or alcohol use (1% cannabis only, 42% alcohol only, 58% both), 83 students endorsing past-month cannabis and/or alcohol use for sleep aid (M_age = 19.33 [SD = 1.11], 30% male, 72% White) completed online questionnaires for 14 consecutive days to report daily sleep, substance us

SUBMITTER: Goodhines PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6800769 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature