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Cannabis campaign Question and Answer

Q How does cannabis help people to relax?

A Cannabis lowers blood pressure, dilates the arteries and reduces body
temperature by an average of 0.5 degrees, thereby relieving stress. Evening
cannabis smokers report more restful sleep, says Jack Herer, the author of
the cannabis encyclopaedia The Emperor Wears No Clothes. He claims that
using cannabis allows most people a more complete rest with the highest
amount of "alpha time" possible in sleep and it is much safer than many
"legal" prescription drugs. Unlike Valium, cannabis does not act to make
alcohol more potent. It has been estimated that, if it were legally
available, up to 50 per cent of Britain's 300,000 regular users of Valium,
Librium, Thorazine, Stelazine and most sleeping drugs could switch to
cannabis.

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