Two studies involving cannabinol (CBN) – one with humans and another with rats – could herald the beginning of a “new treatment strategy” for sleep as researchers concluded that “cannabis folklore” surrounding the minor cannabinoid is far from a myth.

The Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics said the rodent study “provides the first objective evidence that CBN increases sleep, at least in rats, by modifying the architecture of sleep in a beneficial way.”

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Steve has reported for a number of consumer and B2B titles over a journalism career spanning more than three decades. He is a regulator contributor to health journal, The Medical Republic, writing on...

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  1. Are the sleep trials by Avecho, who are reported to be/have been working with the Lambert Initiative, using, at least for some patients, CBN?