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Sleep Aids
Sleep aids range from melatonin and magnesium to prescription hypnotics and CBT-I; here are honest reviews, dosage notes, side effects, and field tests.
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Supplements
June 2026 · 10 min
Do Natural Sleep Aids Work? A Field Guide to What the Evidence Actually Says
You have probably heard the advice, maybe from a friend, maybe from the side of a supplement bottle: don't reach for a prescription, try something natural first. It sounds prudent. It sounds gentle.
By Samuel Briggs · Read →
Sleep Aids
June 2026 · 5 min
Natural Sleep Aids and the 7-Minute Question: What Melatonin Actually Does
Somewhere in the last decade you probably absorbed a number, even if you can't place where: melatonin helps you fall asleep about seven minutes faster. Not seven hours. Seven minutes.
By Rachel Stanton · Read →
Sleep Aids
May 2026 · 9 min
Cannabis and Sleep: I Tried to Use It as a Sleeping Pill for a Month
A friend who works night shift asked me, plainly, whether the joint he smokes at 6am to get to sleep is actually working or just feels like it is. He sleeps. He wakes up groggy.
By Patrick Sumner · Read →
Magnesium
April 2026 · 5 min
Best Magnesium Supplements for Sleep: Gummies vs. Powder, Honestly Compared
Walk into any drugstore in 2024 and the magnesium aisle looks like a candy shelf. Raspberry gummies. Berry gummies. Tropical gummies.
By Marcus Webb · Read →
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