Remember back in the day when the bag you’d get from your local dealer was a total mystery; you had absolutely no idea whether you were about to be lifted up, be ready for bed or somewhere in-between? In most cases, your dealer only knew what he / she was selling you, because they likely skimmed some off to smoke before you got it.
Well, thanks to this new generation of lab-tested cannabis, it’s much less likely that a strain you purchase from a dispensary will produce a surprise. No matter the form factor, the cannabis will largely adhere to the characteristics and effects that it advertises.
If part of your impetus for consuming marijuana, besides really enjoying it, is to improve your sleep while shifting away from pharmaceuticals, then the cannabis industry has evolved to the point that there are many options (forms of thc) that can be effective sleep aids for seniors and (older stoners).
The most effective cannabis sleep aids tend to be ones that you ingest, either as an edible, capsule or distillate / rso syringe, as they tend to stay in your system longer than smoking or vaping. The tricky part can be the trial and error that is often necessary to arrive at the “just right” amount of cannabis to consume to allow you to sleep nicely.
If you don’t consume enough, then you won’t realize the benefits. If you put too much thc into your system, (often the next step after not taking enough) and you’re apt to feel groggy the next day; or worse, get sick and throw up.
It’s easy to get discouraged along the way and revert back to the potentially less safe and more exacting world of sleeping pills. If you are willing to go slowly and refine what you are taking along the way, there’s a great chance that you can reduce, if not eliminate your use of sleeping pills and substitute with some thc.