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> world's most popular after sugar Leaving aside the weird categorization of sugar as a drug - yes, I know it's addictive, but not all addictive things are dru
by esperent 2y ago
> world's most popular after sugar
Leaving aside the weird categorization of sugar as a drug - yes, I know it's addictive, but not all addictive things are drugs - caffeine is considerably more popular than alcohol.
- dom3k 2y agoCaffeine is a psychoactive substance of the stimulant class. You could definitely categorize it as a "drug".
- esperent 2y agoI know, I'm taking issue with calling sugar a drug, not caffeine.
- pixelpoet 2y agoIf I told you a consumable substance is mind-altering, habit-forming, pleasurable and difficult to quit, very bad for your health in the quantities most abusers take it, but they continue to do so anyway- what would you call it? I've always maintained that most "drugs" are just drugs other people dislike, and everyone is apparently happy to go along with this cognitive dissonance; hence the common phrase "drugs and alcohol", "drunk driving" vs "drug driving" etc etc.
- esperent 2y ago> If I told you a consumable substance is mind-altering, habit-forming, pleasurable and difficult to quit, very bad for your health in the quantities most abusers take it, but they continue to do so anyway- what would you call it? Macdonald's food?