sladerunner69
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Sorry, I'm not interested in entering some subjective game of semantics. Caffeine is a psychoactive drug and there is no going around this fact in my view. Foods and vitamins are necessities rather than drugs.
My intention was not to engage in semantics. Rather, it was to provoke thought and perhaps even discussion surrounding the role of caffeine and its neurological effects.
I posit that caffeine closer to a nutrient than a "drug". The chemical structure of caffeine is nearly identical to thyroid hormone. As such, they seem to have very similar effects in my own experience. For many years, ground beef contained a significant quantity of thyroid hormone. Would that be considered a drug as well? What about vitamin b1, which many people use before exams or studying to improve cognition?
When I drink coffee I don't notice much of a "psycho-active" effect- nothing on par with alcohol or marijuana. Much of the buzz or jitteriness that is reported by people who don't tolerate coffee is likely related to a spike in cortisol which is often a result of low blood sugar - something that thyroid hormone can do as well.
If caffeine is a drug than so are things like supplemental hormones, vitamins, forskolin, pine pollen, etc etc.