2 in 3 Americans Say Cannabis Helps Them Sleep Better: What the AASM Survey Means for Your Routine (2026)| Workmans Relief

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine just released a survey of 2,007 American adults. Among the cannabis users, 64 percent said it makes their sleep better. The medical establishment is finally putting numbers to something working Americans have been quietly figuring out on their own for years.

There is a particular kind of tired that doesn’t get fixed by a weekend off. The kind that builds up over years of long shifts, early alarms, late dinners, racing thoughts at 2 a.m., and the steady low-grade exhaustion that comes with running a household, holding down a job, or trying to do both at once. Most working Americans know this kind of tired intimately. Most working Americans have also, at some point in the last decade, started quietly experimenting with whether the federally legal cannabinoid market has anything useful to offer the problem.

According to a new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the answer for a substantial majority of them is yes. The AASM polled 2,007 American adults about their cannabis use and its impact on sleep. Among the respondents who reported using cannabis, 64 percent said it improved their sleep quality, either significantly (35 percent) or slightly (29 percent). About 21 percent said it had no impact. About 16 percent said it made sleep worse. The full survey results are published on the AASM’s website, and they’re worth reading in their entirety.

That ratio is the headline number, but the more interesting part of the survey is who is reporting the benefit. The age group most likely to say cannabis improved their sleep was 25 to 44, which is the prime working-age demographic. Men were more likely than women to report sleep improvements. Older Americans were less likely to use cannabis in the first place, but when they did, the directional pattern of self-reported benefit held. The picture that emerges is not a fringe wellness trend. It’s a steady, mainstream pattern of working-age Americans figuring out, on their own, that the products in the federally legal hemp aisle do something useful for the sleep problems modern life keeps creating.

Why This Survey Matters More Than the Usual Survey

There is no shortage of industry-funded surveys claiming cannabis helps with sleep. Most of them get filed away as marketing materials and forgotten. This one is different for a specific reason. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is not a cannabis advocacy group. They are the leading professional organization for board-certified sleep physicians and sleep researchers in the United States. They are the people the rest of the medical system turns to when sleep questions come up. When they publish a survey indicating that two out of three cannabis-using Americans report sleep improvements, it’s not the cannabis industry talking to itself. It’s the sleep medicine establishment quantifying something it has been watching happen for several years.

Kannan Ramar, former president of AASM, framed the findings the way you would expect a sleep physician to frame them. “While many states now allow the recreational and medical use of marijuana, its impact on sleep is multi-faceted.” He noted that cannabis can be associated with daytime sleepiness and certain sleep disruption patterns. He recommended that people with ongoing sleep concerns speak with a healthcare professional. None of which is wrong. All of which is the kind of measured language the medical community uses when it’s about to formally acknowledge what the public has already figured out.

The other thing worth noting is that this is not the only data point pointing in the same direction. A separate 2025 study involving more than 3,500 patients found that medical cannabis use helped people reduce their use of prescription medications, including prescription sleep aids, with significantly fewer negative side effects than the medications being replaced. Studies on cannabis-infused beverages have found improvements in sleep, mood, stress, and overall wellbeing while reducing alcohol consumption. A 2025 study on medical cannabis use in adults 50 and older concluded that cannabis appeared to be a safe and effective treatment for sleep disorders, pain, and other conditions. A 2024 study found that using cannabis before sleep had minimal next-day impact on cognitive function, simulated driving, psychomotor function, or mood. A federally funded study from 2023 found that people with anxiety experienced better sleep on days they used cannabis than on days they used alcohol or nothing at all.

The pattern across all of those studies is consistent. The pattern in the new AASM survey is consistent. And the pattern in the everyday experience of working Americans who have built cannabinoid products into their evening routines is consistent. The medical literature is catching up to something the country has already started doing on its own.

The Bigger Picture: Cannabis as a Sleep Aid Is Already Mainstream

A separate industry-backed survey from last year put the numbers in perspective. About 16 percent of Americans aged 21 and older now report using cannabis as a sleep aid. That’s a higher percentage than the population using prescription sleep aids (12 percent) or alcohol (11 percent) for the same purpose. Cannabis hasn’t quite caught the popularity of supplements (26 percent) or over-the-counter sleep aids (19 percent), but the trend line is unmistakable. The country is migrating, quietly and steadily, away from a small number of legacy sleep aids and toward a broader category that includes cannabinoid products.

This migration is part of a broader behavioral shift that has been documented across multiple categories. Alcohol consumption is declining. Federal acknowledgment that alcohol and tobacco cause more harm than cannabis has put a data-backed floor under what consumers were already concluding for themselves. The cultural and regulatory shifts have been substantial enough that even traditional institutions are adjusting, including the U.S. Army easing its historical marijuana-related enlistment restrictions to bring its policy in line with a broader American consensus that has already moved.

What all of this means, practically, for the working American who can’t sleep is that the federally legal hemp aisle is no longer the experimental frontier it was a decade ago. It’s a mainstream wellness category with mainstream data backing it up. The question is not whether cannabinoid products help with sleep. The AASM data answers that for two out of three users. The question is which products, at which doses, in which formats, actually deliver consistent results without leaving anyone groggy at the school dropoff, the morning shift, or the early meeting.

Why Cannabinoids Actually Work for Sleep (And Why the Format Matters More Than the Dose)

The conversation about cannabis and sleep tends to skip over the part where people explain what’s actually happening at the biological level. Worth a few minutes to fix that. Your body produces its own cannabinoids through what scientists call the endocannabinoid system, which is involved in regulating a long list of functions including mood, stress response, inflammation, appetite, and yes, sleep cycles. Plant-derived cannabinoids interact with that same system. The effect is not chemical foreignness being forced onto the body. It’s the activation of receptor pathways the body already uses every night to manage the transition into rest.

CBD specifically tends to work on the wind-down side of the equation. It doesn’t sedate the way a prescription sleep medication does. It does seem to take the edge off the nervous-system activation that keeps a lot of people staring at the ceiling at 11:47 p.m. wondering why their brain won’t quiet down. THC, in small measured doses, can deepen the effect for people whose anxiety or chronic pain is the primary obstacle to falling asleep. The combination of the two, in particular, has been the subject of growing research interest because of how they interact with each other through what’s called the entourage effect.

The other quietly important factor is format. The way a cannabinoid gets into your body affects how long it takes to land, how long the effect lasts, and how the next morning feels. A tincture under the tongue takes about 15 to 30 minutes to start working and tends to deliver a smoother, longer-lasting arc. A gummy takes 45 to 90 minutes to land and lasts longer than a tincture. A topical doesn’t enter the bloodstream in any significant way and works locally on whatever muscle or joint it was applied to. None of these formats is universally better. They’re tools for different jobs, and matching the tool to the actual sleep problem you’re trying to solve is most of the game.

The Workman’s Relief Sleep Lineup, Honestly Explained

This is the part where we walk through what we actually make, what each product is for, and which one fits which kind of sleep problem. We are not going to make medical claims here. We’re going to explain what the products are formulated to do and let you decide whether any of them match what you’ve been looking for.

For the Brain That Won’t Shut Off

This is the most common sleep problem we hear about from our customers. The body is exhausted. The brain is still running a marathon. The lights are off and the phone is down and there’s still a constant low-level hum of unfinished business cycling through. The product we built specifically for this is Punch Out CBD Nighttime Gummies (750mg, 30ct). Our nighttime formulation, designed for the wind-down without leaving you dragging through the next morning. One gummy about 45 to 60 minutes before bed. The brain that was sprinting starts walking. The signal to rest finally lands.

For the customer who prefers a tincture, our Full Spectrum and Broad Spectrum CBD Oil Tinctures are the right tool. USDA Certified Organic, Wisconsin-grown, available in 1000mg, 2000mg, and 3000mg strengths. A small dose under the tongue 15 to 20 minutes before bed is one of the simplest, most repeatable rituals you can build into an evening routine. It takes ten seconds. It costs less per dose than most over-the-counter sleep aids. And unlike a glass of wine, it doesn’t trade tomorrow morning for tonight’s relief.

For the Sleep That Pain Won’t Allow

This is the version of the sleep problem that doesn’t get talked about enough. You’re not anxious. You’re not stressed. You’re sore. Lower back, shoulders, knees, neck, the cumulative impact of doing a physical job, lifting kids, or just getting older in a body that has done a lot of mileage. The brain wants to sleep but the body keeps generating signals it can’t ignore.

Our Elbow Grease CBD Cream (1500mg) was built for exactly this problem. A scoop rubbed into the lower back, the shoulders, or wherever the body is asking for attention before bed addresses the localized signal without putting anything systemic into your bloodstream. The cooling variant is good for inflammatory soreness. The Elbow Grease Roll-On Stick (1500mg, warming variant) is the one to reach for on the lower-back nights when you need warmth as well as relief. Many of our customers run a combined routine: a CBD tincture or Punch Out gummy for the brain, plus an Elbow Grease application on whatever the body is complaining about, and let both work at the same time.

For the Person Who Wants Out of the Wine Habit

The 2023 federally funded study comparing sleep quality on cannabis-use days versus alcohol-use days was clear about which one produced better sleep outcomes for people with anxiety. The pattern is widely understood at this point. Alcohol gets you to sleep faster, then wrecks the quality of the sleep you actually get, and leaves you waking up at 3 a.m. or 5 a.m. feeling worse than when you went down. The trade is bad and most regular drinkers know it.

Our D9 Orange Cream THC Refreshers (10mg per can, 4-pack) are the swap product. Cracking a cold can after a long day feels like a familiar ritual. The 10mg dose delivers a measured, social-feeling effect. No hangover. No 3 a.m. wake-up. No groggy morning. For a smaller dose or a flexible option, our D9 THC Gummies (5mg per gummy) are the right entry point. Watermelon, Orange Cream, Blue Raspberry, Strawberry Cream, Sour Apple, and more, each gummy at a measured 5mg dose with a publicly available Certificate of Analysis available before you click buy.

For the Person Who Wants a Full System, Not a Single Product

This is what the bundles are built for. The most common sleep problem isn’t actually a single problem. It’s a stack of overlapping issues that all need to be addressed at once. Mental noise. Physical soreness. End-of-day stress. The drink habit. The whole thing rolls together and turns into a sleep deficit that builds up over weeks.

The Day N Night Bundle pairs Punch In (daytime) with Punch Out (nighttime) for the customer who wants the full daily routine covered with one purchase. The Sip N Soothe Bundle is the one for the customer making the wine swap. THC beverages plus CBD topicals, two relief tools doing two different jobs. The Recovery Mode Bundle is for the customer whose body is asking for serious attention. Tincture plus topical, internal and external, full coverage.

For the customer who wants the comprehensive introduction, the Daily Tune Up Kit covers multiple products across multiple parts of the day. Built for the customer who has decided to take the wellness routine seriously and wants to figure out which formats actually work for their specific patterns.

A Few Honest Notes About Cannabis and Sleep Before You Build a Routine

The AASM survey was careful to acknowledge that cannabis and sleep is a multifaceted relationship, and we want to be just as careful in this article. The pattern of self-reported benefit is real. The pattern of mainstream adoption is real. The pattern of multiple studies pointing in the same direction is real. But cannabinoid products are not a universal answer to every sleep problem, and the responsible thing for any brand to say out loud is that some honest notes apply before you start a routine.

First, start low. Most people who have a poor first experience with cannabis sleep products took too much, not too little. A 5mg D9 gummy is a measured dose. A small drop of tincture under the tongue is enough to start. Build up over a week or two before deciding whether the format works for you. Second, give it time. The endocannabinoid system takes a few nights of consistent use to develop the rhythm. The third or fourth night usually tells you more than the first one does.

Third, pay attention to the next morning. The AASM survey did note that cannabis can be associated with daytime sleepiness for some users. If that pattern shows up for you, it’s usually a signal that the dose is too high or the format is wrong for your body. A smaller dose, a different cannabinoid profile, or shifting from a gummy to a tincture often resolves it. Fourth, if you have a diagnosed sleep disorder, ongoing insomnia, or are taking prescription medications, talk to your doctor. The AASM was right to point this out and we’d say the same thing. Cannabinoid products work well as a wellness routine. They are not a replacement for treating an underlying clinical sleep disorder.

Fifth, if you’re pregnant or breastfeeding, the conversation about cannabinoid products is one to have with your healthcare provider before adding anything to your routine. Major medical organizations have specific guidance on cannabis and CBD use during those windows, and that guidance trumps anything any brand has to say.

Why Transparency Matters More Now Than It Ever Has

The sleep aid market has had a few decades to mature, and most of the legacy options have well-understood profiles. The cannabinoid sleep market is newer, and that newness has been a mixed bag. Some operators in the space have done the work to build clean, transparent, lab-verified products that the AASM survey results are quietly endorsing. Others have built sloppy product lines around aggressive marketing claims and unclear ingredients. The FDA’s increasing willingness to enforce against the worst actors in the CBD space is, paradoxically, good news for consumers. The cleanup is overdue.

The way to know whether a brand is on the right side of that cleanup is straightforward. Look for the lab reports. Every Workman’s Relief product carries a publicly available Certificate of Analysis showing the cannabinoid profile, the terpene profile, and screening for residual solvents, heavy metals, and pesticides. Every batch. Available before you buy. The CBD is grown on USDA Certified Organic farms in Wisconsin’s Driftless region. The THC is hemp-derived and Farm Bill compliant at the federal level. Every product is manufactured in-house in our own GMP-certified facility. Nothing about our supply chain depends on a third-party manufacturer making decisions you can’t audit.

That kind of transparency matters more for a sleep product than almost any other category. You’re putting something in your body every night. The question of what’s actually in the bottle is not a marketing question. It’s the question.

The Long Arc of How America Got Here

There’s a longer story behind the AASM numbers. The plant has been with humans for over 20,000 years. The use of cannabis for rest, recovery, and relief is documented in ancient medical texts, in herbal traditions across multiple continents, and in centuries of folk practice that long predates modern pharmaceutical science. The 20th century’s roughly 80-year experiment with full prohibition was an unusual interruption in a much longer arc. The data has been catching up to what humans have known for thousands of years.

What the AASM survey adds is a precise modern measurement of how that ancient knowledge is showing up in contemporary American sleep patterns. Two out of three Americans who use cannabis say it helps them sleep. The plant is doing what it has been doing for the entire span of recorded human history. The medical establishment is now in the position of formally observing what working Americans have already concluded for themselves.

This is not a revolutionary product category. It’s a return to something familiar. The reason Workman’s Relief exists is to deliver that familiarity through the cleanest, most transparent, most reliable products we know how to make. American hemp, grown on American soil, processed in American facilities, sold to American consumers who deserve to know exactly what they’re getting and why they’re getting it.

If Sleep Is the Problem You’re Trying to Solve

Most of the customers who eventually find Workman’s Relief are not arriving because they’re curious about cannabinoids. They’re arriving because they haven’t had a full night of sleep in months. They’ve tried the supplements. They’ve tried the over-the-counter options. They’ve tried the wine. They’ve tried the prescription sleep aids and didn’t like the morning fog. They’re looking for something that works without leaving a cost the next day.

The AASM survey suggests they’re not the only ones. Two out of three cannabis-using Americans are reporting the same thing in the same survey results. Whatever the headlines look like, this is no longer experimental territory. It’s a measured, mainstream, working-American wellness category with the medical establishment quietly putting its data behind it.

The right product for your routine depends on what’s actually keeping you up. Mental noise, physical soreness, the wine habit, or all three. The lineup we make is built to address each of those problems with measured doses, natural ingredients, and full lab transparency. The 15% discount for veterans and first responders has been standing policy since day one. The Subscribe & Save program drops the standing cost of a regular routine even further. The lab reports are public. The supply chain is clean. The Wisconsin facility runs every batch under our own roof.

Two out of three Americans who use cannabis are sleeping better. If you’ve been on the fence about whether the federally legal hemp aisle has something to offer your sleep routine, the data is no longer hypothetical. The question now is which product, at which dose, in which format, fits your specific version of the problem.

We’re here to help you figure it out.

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