Is medicinal cannabis the key to a good night's sleep? | 9 News Australia

The common struggle to get a good night’s sleep is one of the top reasons why Australians are turning to medicinal cannabis, but experts say the science is yet to prove the products work. | *Subscribe and 🔔: http://9Soci.al/KM6e50GjSK9*

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50 Comments

  1. @bon_grippah on August 18, 2025 at 3:04 pm

    Too bad you can’t drive for the next 12 hours after taking it, even though the effects/influence has long finished

  2. @cordewilkes1638 on August 18, 2025 at 3:05 pm

    Why are the ‘experts’ (in ALL ‘alternative’ medical progressions) from the established medical profession paradigm?
    Those exploring, developing and pushing anything alternate (and therefore, ‘at odds’, with the established medical establishment (and, inherently, big pharma, big insurance, and big socio-narrative programs) are already outsiders. Easy to discredit with volume and misinformation, and who have to remain working on the fringes, despite proper, real-world research – even when they are clever enough to work around a system which is built to shut down or degrade peer review support, correlation or confirmation.

  3. @paulkeays9858 on August 18, 2025 at 3:05 pm

    I can say it’s helped me after years of no sleep and health issues.

  4. @incognito4344 on August 18, 2025 at 3:07 pm

    Cannabis plant from roots to leaves are extremely valuable medicinal value ancient people used this for many needs.., it’s a one stop shop

  5. @Wicked_R on August 18, 2025 at 3:07 pm

    I’ve suffered with insomnia all my life., weed is definitely recommended.

  6. @jodyl1840 on August 18, 2025 at 3:12 pm

    they don’t want u using natural so big pharma can have u paying exorbitant prices.

  7. @MasonBrown-r2z on August 18, 2025 at 3:15 pm

    Proud Alternaleaf patient here I have used both CBD and THC at the same time and also on their own I can promise you the CBD is very effective at the right dosage and oil I have insomnia PTSD nightmares and sleep apnea etc and I’ve never slept better in years

  8. @haydenblankenstein8135 on August 18, 2025 at 3:15 pm

    MIND ALTERING THC!! LMAO they really try make anything sound terrible my partner has insomnia anxiety and have had oil and medical cannabis throughout both pregnancies and we had 0 problems my two daughters are smarter kids then most that I know at there age and they sure didn’t have rashes and health problems from it my partner also sleeps like a baby now. I wonder how much the medical companies paid the news to spread this misinformation my advice is do your own research. We did and we had great results

  9. @davidklaehn2938 on August 18, 2025 at 3:16 pm

    ITS A BOUT TIME, we,be KNOWN THIS FOR YEARS, SO DONT WAKE UP START SLEEPING.🇭🇲👍

  10. @4ofFour-e2t on August 18, 2025 at 3:18 pm

    They are lying – Cannabis IS PERFECT for My insomnia- I dont want synthetic anything FK ThiS CVNTRe3!

  11. @dpgemail on August 18, 2025 at 3:20 pm

    Ask anyone that smokes it and they’ll all tell you it helps sleep. They the Jews who owns big pharma and this media will always pretend it doesn’t work or there hasn’t been enough research.

  12. @brucemeaden on August 18, 2025 at 3:20 pm

    Has to be done at home where you are comfortable

  13. @djhellraiser303 on August 18, 2025 at 3:23 pm

    What a load of rubbish, I have chronic insomnia and cannabis works far better than anything else, especially all the addictive sleeping tablets pushed by the same doctors running this small study, look at far bigger clinical trials done overseas, they all conclusively show cannabis to be extremely effective.

  14. @yodafett7765 on August 18, 2025 at 3:24 pm

    Poorly done trial/sleep study

  15. @josemelendez8549 on August 18, 2025 at 3:26 pm

    You smoking for the first time every mild indica an hour before bedtime

  16. @billybongjr on August 18, 2025 at 3:28 pm

    Its doesnt work for everyone and if that was proper indica oil they would definitely get a better sleep

  17. @SeanM-n3o4v on August 18, 2025 at 3:29 pm

    Organic weed is better for u

  18. @arthurkoulis650 on August 18, 2025 at 3:30 pm

    I was using it and it works very well with flower and oil combined

  19. @makhaerewa7351 on August 18, 2025 at 3:30 pm

    Look at the stuff the WHO want the world to take.
    The government are adding their poisons to this medicinal cannabis and profiting… Fingers

  20. @ImaCocoNgati on August 18, 2025 at 3:30 pm

    It works amazing…
    Alcohol and opioid lobbiests and would deny its benefits 😄
    I have the vape and Im out like a light and wake up beaming!!!

  21. @joelbradford3633 on August 18, 2025 at 3:32 pm

    That’s stupid so instead of using the natural version let’s make a synthetic version, like artificial flavours is better than natural flavours, that’s great logic👍

  22. @Ben72-u6p on August 18, 2025 at 3:32 pm

    Works well for me. I no longer take sleeping pills and I’m glad of it. Those pills leave me groggy the next day.

  23. @outbackstacker7185 on August 18, 2025 at 3:34 pm

    Potent CBD 😂

  24. @bige857 on August 18, 2025 at 3:34 pm

    Been using for years. Just don’t get too blazed before bed, otherwise it definitely helps.

  25. @HarmonicHorizonz on August 18, 2025 at 3:37 pm

    Best sleep ever…

  26. @talitacorte2268 on August 18, 2025 at 3:40 pm

    This looks like an advertisement for the synthetic CBD being trialled 😅 yes, there is good research that THC blocks REM and we have the feeling that we slept better, but in reality no REM.. reason why many can’t remember their dreams.
    The study shown in the video is so small and not the ideal scenario, there are so many factors to take in consideration and for sure, medical cannabis isn’t idea for everyone

  27. @matthewwheat168 on August 18, 2025 at 3:41 pm

    It does work, 100%. I don’t know why they’re test Rem cycle though. Of course, there is no dreaming, you skip the Rem cycle and go straight into deep sleep. You’ll stay there until you wake.

  28. @peterware5173 on August 18, 2025 at 3:41 pm

    Great stuff legal or illegal love it.

  29. @luisperez-j7l on August 18, 2025 at 3:42 pm

    🎉 I have taken this for 4 years it works 😊 at 65

  30. @marke7567 on August 18, 2025 at 3:42 pm

    It works I was on many meds to help my sleep and well being this is lies I can tell you the drops are far better than meds the people do I g this are not qualified

  31. @zgreen4198 on August 18, 2025 at 3:43 pm

    I’m a proud medicinal user. This focus on people who do not experience benefits from medicinal cannabis is the equivalent of making a piece on people who do not benefit from chemotherapy. Incredibly poor journalism that ignored decades of research I’m this field and literally millions of testimonies from people who use cannabis regularly.

  32. @YepOkkkiii on August 18, 2025 at 3:43 pm

    You guys did the trial wrong sorry, combination of THC and small amount of CBD and smokable cannabis. You’ll also need to find the right variety for each patient and how can you judge this study from a facility? Send people home to their own bed so they can sleep, so may problems with this study

  33. @lynlenowry4982 on August 18, 2025 at 3:45 pm

    Cannabis, marijuana causes personality change, memory loss, lack of energy, physical damage.

  34. @its_rima_yeah on August 18, 2025 at 3:45 pm

    No one will sleep with that mop on your head

  35. @timn4481 on August 18, 2025 at 3:46 pm

    I’ve used in and off for 30+ years. Mostly off now. Its a nasty drug for some. It ruins your sleep patterns eventually, as it does with any of the brain functions. Eventually it gets you. Eventually you end up anxious, or with insomnia and even pain becomes amplified. This drug always seems like a god send at first it seems.
    I can’t use it anymore because eventually you have to stop, or it gets you along the way.

  36. @YepOkkkiii on August 18, 2025 at 3:48 pm

    What strain did you guys use for the trial? If you’re not finding the right variety for each person of course it’s not going to work

  37. @marke7567 on August 18, 2025 at 3:49 pm

    This article is about CBD it’s useless you need thc it’s not mind altering stupid kids have been taking it for years dumb fools

  38. @Saints_Club on August 18, 2025 at 3:50 pm

    Why synthetic cannabis? It’s a natural plant, yet drug companies are pushing synthetic capsules. What this new ‘report’ leaves out is the real question: who’s funding it?

    Honestly, I wouldn’t trust any data coming from a pharmaceutical company. It’s always the same story, money over health, a tale as old as time.

  39. @piipstar on August 18, 2025 at 3:52 pm

    Common instances of brainwashing can be observed in the distorted narratives presented by Channel 9 news. When attempting to comment on various issues, they disable comments, fully aware that they are deceiving the public to advance their narratives. It is advisable to reject all mainstream leftist propaganda and seek out alternative independent news sources, as well as to avoid the disheartening and dishonest journalism that is often presented without compensation.

  40. @zanegold4368 on August 18, 2025 at 3:52 pm

    I tried every kind of sleep medicine, nothing comes close to medical canna

  41. @ShimmerPender-pu6dt on August 18, 2025 at 3:52 pm

    20 people for 2 nights isn’t much of a study

  42. @marke7567 on August 18, 2025 at 3:54 pm

    CBD will not help you sleep

  43. @Phillip-k5s on August 18, 2025 at 3:54 pm

    Its the only thing that makes you sleep

  44. @josephbes3567 on August 18, 2025 at 3:56 pm

    It definitely works I don’t care what anyone says. Your trial was pathetic you don’t understand cannabis

  45. @phillipspadaro4054 on August 18, 2025 at 3:57 pm

    Not for me, my mind starts racing a million miles an hour and I slip into psychosis. My Mrs on the other hand would be an insomniac without it.

  46. @noelalvarez98 on August 18, 2025 at 3:57 pm

    It would be IF THIS CANNABIS OIL OR CBD CAM BE AVAILABLE IN THE PHARMACY AND BE LEGAL ESPECIALLY TO ELEDERS AGE 60 UP EITH NO PRESCRIPTION.

  47. @YepOkkkiii on August 18, 2025 at 3:58 pm

    I havnt been able to sleep most my my life, medical cannabis gave me my life back, been on it for 7 years now and it’s improved my life more than anything a dr has been able to offer prior. Just legalise it.

  48. @GYPSYJAMSTREET on August 18, 2025 at 3:58 pm

    Smoke less than a recreational dose 1 hour before bed. It gives me deep restful sleep. Diagnosed with PTSD. Definately do not smoke it during the day, and very wary about dosage amount getting " high " does not have the benefits it does the opposite. Not sure why but PTSD has disturbed my sleep for over 30 years. The right dosage of cannabis has been the only thing that has worked.

  49. @therealxzenu843 on August 18, 2025 at 4:00 pm

    Absolute b.s!!!! 😂

  50. @lachlansaunders309 on August 18, 2025 at 4:00 pm

    It isn’t proper sleep. This should be an extreme last resort. REM (Rapid Eye Movement) is blocked when under the influence of thc and stops proper brain development.

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