Not only is caffine not age restricted, it is used by organizations and people who are against alcohol. Think Temperance Union. Think Baptists. Think any Moslem who follows the Word that the fruit of the vine is forbidden.
And then there is the curious case of Pepsi in the Soviet Union. The USSR had a serious alcoholism problem, so they invited an American soft drink company in, to give their people something else to drink. This is a little strange, since tea has been a staple of Russian drink for ages.
You also have to remember Rum-and-Coke and Irish-Coffee in any survey. A friend of mine in Germany told me about a drink named a Pharasee -- it is coffee and rum. Yup. Great name.
And catch an employer encourageing someone to use alcohol on the job? Provide beer in the lunchroom, or in vending machines? Or anything stronger?
I'm a Diet Coke addict. Someone told me that Nutrisweet was causing my medical problems. I stopped. Six months. I tried drinking normal Coke. Bleah. I lived on iced tea. (An earlier experiment showed me that caffine addiction was not the problem, either.) Finally, at the end of six months, no improvement in my health. I said to hell with it, and broke open a Diet Coke. It was wonderful. Normal Cokes never did taste right. So don't make nasty remarks about my Diet Coke ice cream floats. I'm not drinking the stuff to lose weight, I'm drinking it to not drink normal Coke.
Alcohol may be the most common drug taken for its deliberate effects, as opposed to merely "something to drink." Most of us don't grab teh third soda of the day looking for a buzz.
Hmm. Alcohol and cola are things you just pour (or drink straight from a single-serving container. Tea is something you prepare (unless you're drinking iced "tea" from a can). I wonder whether that explains the Soviet Pepsi thing?
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And then there is the curious case of Pepsi in the Soviet Union. The USSR had a serious alcoholism problem, so they invited an American soft drink company in, to give their people something else to drink.
This is a little strange, since tea has been a staple of Russian drink for ages.
You also have to remember Rum-and-Coke and Irish-Coffee in any survey. A friend of mine in Germany told me about a drink named a Pharasee -- it is coffee and rum. Yup. Great name.
And catch an employer encourageing someone to use alcohol on the job? Provide beer in the lunchroom, or in vending machines? Or anything stronger?
I'm a Diet Coke addict. Someone told me that Nutrisweet was causing my medical problems. I stopped. Six months. I tried drinking normal Coke. Bleah. I lived on iced tea. (An earlier experiment showed me that caffine addiction was not the problem, either.) Finally, at the end of six months, no improvement in my health. I said to hell with it, and broke open a Diet Coke. It was wonderful. Normal Cokes never did taste right.
So don't make nasty remarks about my Diet Coke ice cream floats. I'm not drinking the stuff to lose weight, I'm drinking it to not drink normal Coke.
Alcohol may be the most common drug taken for its deliberate effects, as opposed to merely "something to drink." Most of us don't grab teh third soda of the day looking for a buzz.
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