How is cafeine a drug ?!


Question: How is cafeine a drug !?
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What is a drug!?

1!. Pharmacology!. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being!.
2!. (in federal law)
a!. any substance recognized in the official pharmacopoeia or formulary of the nation!.
b!. any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals!.
c!. any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals!.
d!. any substance intended for use as a component of such a drug, but not a device or a part of a device!.

By this definition, caffeine is a drug!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

cafeine, which is popularly found in coffee, is a drug because it is a stimulant which stimulates your nervous system!. Meaning, it helps your nervous system stay alive and working!.

However, anything taken in excess is bad!. Bad means faster heart beats, overactive, hard time sleeping, and higher chances of having heart attacks!. So be moderate in drinking coffee!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Caffeine is NOT a drug!. It is a naturally occuring substance in certain plants!. Teas, coffee beans, guarna fruit all have caffeine in them naturally!.

Anything that is naturally occuring is NOT a drug!. Drugs are man made chemicals!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You can get it in a powder!.
There are people who are addicted to it!.
Too much of it can kill you!.

How is it NOT a drug!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

a drug is a body or mind altering substance!. caffeine is a stimulant and diuretic therefore its a drug!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Anything can be a drug if it effects how you live!. Some people won't act right or be able to function unless they have caffine!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's a chemical you get addicted to, either biologically or mentally!. I personally don't have a problem with it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Siimply, because it's addictive and also it's a stimulant that can keep your mind awake for hours!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Caffeine is a stimulant because it actually stimulates the heart to beat faster!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The same way anything else that's a drug is a drug!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You watched college road trip didnt you!. Because you can get addictid to coffee!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it's a substance other than food that causes a change in the body!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

lol its the second time i find your question randomly! what a coinsidence!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It alters your system!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it is a stimulantWww@FoodAQ@Com

it's a stimulantWww@FoodAQ@Com

it is an adictionWww@FoodAQ@Com





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