we advocate the use of mary as a an herb even as medicine, so it should be respected as such. mary will temporarily increase bp just as a cig does. information beats all when it come to situations like these. The mary probably did play a significant role in this case because it was mixed with another bp altering drug. Please do not perform rigorous activity while using mary, trust me. I had a friend 14 die from playing streetball after getting high. Its a chill medicine. for relaxation, pain, hunger not to be underestimated, but respected