I will quote a medical doctor regarding Weed and insomnia
Dr. Dean Edell was asked the following question: "Is It Okay To Use Marijuana To Get To Sleep? "
His reply: "It would be perfectly legal for your husband to waste his money on kava kava, or melatonin, or a whole bunch of other stuff that doesn't work for sleep. The fact is, he's spending money on an herb that evidence finds to be very effective for sleep and doesn't seem to cause a hangover -- but it's illegal."
Nature is smarter than politicians, Earth handed us a non physically addictive plant that grows everywhere... it doesn't get any more natural than that. It'll make you drowsy, hungry, relaxed and take the edge off any and all that pains you.. for about 30 minutes. You can try to overdose on weed, it'll just be expensive.
Drug companies have spent billions creating pills that mimic what MJ already does. Just like sleeping pills they have engineered, its not good to rely on.
I'll say this again, I was gung-ho cop.. I worked a narc unit, 'front lines' of the war on drugs... all that happy horseshe-it. I resisted even trying weed to help me sleep / numb my nerve damaged arm for over 7 years since my retirement. No way I was smoking that stuff, my friends laughed at me then, like I laugh at others today.
I started smoking weed about a year ago, best thing I've ever done. More sleep, much less pain, and its penalty free, meaning I don't wake up every morning craving the pills my Docs been feeding me.
It's not for everybody, and recreational use is an adult decision.. like drinking alcohol / smoking cigarettes, but unlike these two.. weed is not physically addictive, and 100% grown in mothers Earth's dirt womb.