Clinical trial will investigate medicinal cannabis for sleep disturbances

Cannabis plant at sunset (credit Kym Mackinnon on Unsplash). Southern Cross University researchers have commenced Australia’s largest clinical trial investigating the efficacy of an over-the-counter botanical cannabidiol (CBD) product to help with sleep disturbances in a healthy population. Dr Janet Schloss, Clinical Trials Fellow, is the lead investigator together with Associate Professor Romy Lauche, Deputy Director of Research from the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine. The trial, funded by Australian hemp company Ecofibre, will compare the effects of their Ananda Hemp CBD extract to a placebo on participants’ self-reported changes in sleep disturbances. “Approximately 33%-45% of Australians currently suffer from…

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