Drugs could allow us survive on two hours’ sleep

A NEW class of drugs enabling people to cope with the pressures of a 24-hour society by allowing us to survive on only two hours sleep a day are being developed, scientists said yesterday.

The New Scientist magazine reports that the new ‘lifestyle’ pills promise to deliver sleep that is deeper and more refreshing than the real thing, even leading to the abolishment of sleep for several days at a stretch.

There will also be pills that deliver what feels like eight hours of sleep in half that time.