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Dr. Matt Walker: The Science & Practice of Perfecting Your Sleep

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Is There a Rebound Mechanism in Rem Sleep?

When alcohol blocks your rem sleep, the brain tries to get back some of it. It never gets back all of the rem sleep, but it tries. And so you have these really intense periods of rem sleep. But one of the bigger problems with thc that we worry about is withdrawal dependency. As you start to use thc for sleep, there can be a dependency tolerance. So you start to need more to get the same sleep benefit.

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