Dr. Matthew Hill

It gets a little bit more complicated because obviously PTSD has an anxiety component to it, but there's a lot more to it as well. And again, there's very little research in this space. There was one really, really small study study done by the Canadian military. First, they did one version of it that was an open label.

It gets a little bit more complicated because obviously PTSD has an anxiety component to it, but there's a lot more to it as well. And again, there's very little research in this space. There was one really, really small study study done by the Canadian military. First, they did one version of it that was an open label.

It gets a little bit more complicated because obviously PTSD has an anxiety component to it, but there's a lot more to it as well. And again, there's very little research in this space. There was one really, really small study study done by the Canadian military. First, they did one version of it that was an open label.

Open label trials for people who don't know, it's just basically everyone knows what they're getting. It's not blinded in any way. But because of the self-reported data from the veteran population about cannabis helping, especially with sleep. And the big thing that they reported was that it suppressed their nightmares. And so...

Open label trials for people who don't know, it's just basically everyone knows what they're getting. It's not blinded in any way. But because of the self-reported data from the veteran population about cannabis helping, especially with sleep. And the big thing that they reported was that it suppressed their nightmares. And so...

Open label trials for people who don't know, it's just basically everyone knows what they're getting. It's not blinded in any way. But because of the self-reported data from the veteran population about cannabis helping, especially with sleep. And the big thing that they reported was that it suppressed their nightmares. And so...

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a very complex disease for many reasons, and one component of it is the re-experiencing events that happen during sleep where there's a lot of nightmares and individuals will kind of re-experience the trauma that led to the development of the PTSD.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a very complex disease for many reasons, and one component of it is the re-experiencing events that happen during sleep where there's a lot of nightmares and individuals will kind of re-experience the trauma that led to the development of the PTSD.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a very complex disease for many reasons, and one component of it is the re-experiencing events that happen during sleep where there's a lot of nightmares and individuals will kind of re-experience the trauma that led to the development of the PTSD.

And there does seem to be some suggestion that because they're remembering it and maybe changing the details because they're in a dreamscape space that they reconsolidate it a little bit more. And there's often a high degree of sympathetic activation and arousal that goes on with these nightmares.

And there does seem to be some suggestion that because they're remembering it and maybe changing the details because they're in a dreamscape space that they reconsolidate it a little bit more. And there's often a high degree of sympathetic activation and arousal that goes on with these nightmares.

And there does seem to be some suggestion that because they're remembering it and maybe changing the details because they're in a dreamscape space that they reconsolidate it a little bit more. And there's often a high degree of sympathetic activation and arousal that goes on with these nightmares.

And some of the belief is that this is part of the sensitization process that can happen in PTSD where the disease can worsen over time because the re-experiencing and the reconsolidation and the sensitization of the disease that happens over time in this kind of sleep state can make it worse.

And some of the belief is that this is part of the sensitization process that can happen in PTSD where the disease can worsen over time because the re-experiencing and the reconsolidation and the sensitization of the disease that happens over time in this kind of sleep state can make it worse.

And some of the belief is that this is part of the sensitization process that can happen in PTSD where the disease can worsen over time because the re-experiencing and the reconsolidation and the sensitization of the disease that happens over time in this kind of sleep state can make it worse.

The majority of veterans who have used cannabis and report benefit if you actually talk to them about it, as I've done in a few different situations and also just look at the anecdotal data, almost all of it talks explicitly about sleep. And they say, oh, we use cannabis or THC before bed. We find we don't have the nightmares and just the simple trickle-down effect of that.

The majority of veterans who have used cannabis and report benefit if you actually talk to them about it, as I've done in a few different situations and also just look at the anecdotal data, almost all of it talks explicitly about sleep. And they say, oh, we use cannabis or THC before bed. We find we don't have the nightmares and just the simple trickle-down effect of that.

The majority of veterans who have used cannabis and report benefit if you actually talk to them about it, as I've done in a few different situations and also just look at the anecdotal data, almost all of it talks explicitly about sleep. And they say, oh, we use cannabis or THC before bed. We find we don't have the nightmares and just the simple trickle-down effect of that.

is hugely beneficial for them. And so the Canadian military did an open label trial on this, again, not blinded. It was small numbers, but they basically found as soon as they put people on nabilone, this synthetic version of THC, it very, in like a large proportion, I think like 85% of them almost stopped having these nightmares.

is hugely beneficial for them. And so the Canadian military did an open label trial on this, again, not blinded. It was small numbers, but they basically found as soon as they put people on nabilone, this synthetic version of THC, it very, in like a large proportion, I think like 85% of them almost stopped having these nightmares.