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Sleeping pills stop the brain’s system for cleaning out waste (arstechnica.com)
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Her study found the glymphatic clearance was mediated by a hormone called norepinephrine and happened almost exclusively during the NREM sleep phase. But it only worked when sleep was natural. Anesthesia and sleeping pills shut this process down nearly completely.

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Se thing as any other substance

Weed too

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What about sniffing glue?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 7 hours ago

That shit don't last long enough?