Overview
Researchers at Center for BrainHealth, part of The University of Texas at Dallas, recently published a study investigating the impact of sleep and cannabis use disorder (CUD) on memory, finding more obvious changes in spatial memory among participants with CUD. Spatial memory includes the ability to navigate your environment and remember where things are located. Researchers noted that this sleep disruption appeared more related to the reduction in sleep quality, rather than insomnia or sleep deprivation. Dr. Francesca Filbey, who led the study, emphasized that this findings are especially significant for cannabis users below the age of 25.“”
"Acute cannabis use affects many things, including sleep and working memory, and the field is undecided on whether those memory issues resolve after continued abstinence. When use begins in adolescence, sleep deficits are usually much more pronounced. People who become dependent on cannabis for sleep risk developing tolerance and requiring greater doses for the same effect. People need to be aware of this."
– Francesca Filbey, PhD, Bert Moore Endowed Chair and Professor
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