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How many hours can someone go without sleep before it gets dangerous?
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Depends: An interesting question... Depends on what you want to do. There are charts stating after so many hours you're "legally drunk". Different people can tolerate different levels of sleeplessness, but after 24 hours, reaction time is significantly slowed, and judgement is lacking. After a longer period of time, there is risk of rem sleep bursting in, like at traffic lights.
Answered 2/5/2013
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