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Sleeping Pills and Bizarre Behavior
I wrote an article a short while ago on the strange behavior that sometimes occurs when a person sleepwalks. Sleepwalking, in fact, has sometimes been used as a murder defense.
Something else that can cause similar behavior is the use of sleeping pills. An article in the Wall Street Journal mentions painting doors, trying to cook, cursing people over the phone and crashing cars. As most of these medications are hypnotics, the people have no recall of the event when they awaken.
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