Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits
by rconti on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @06:22PM
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I wonder if it's suppressing REM sleep like alcohol does
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Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits
by MS90 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @08:33AM
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It does. My understanding is that THC inhibits REM sleep, and as a result the chemicals that are usually released during the REM phase that cause you to dream do not get released. Once you quit and start having REM sleep again, there's a "backlog" so to speak of the chemicals and more than usual are released, thus causing the extremely vivid dreams.