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What is the most widely used pharmacologically active substance in the world? The average human ingests it 365 days a year at daily events such as: weddings, breakfast, during party’s, funerals, lunch with grandma, what is it you may ask yourself? Caffeine! Didn’t see that coming did you?  As a society caffeine is ingested because its not only something you buy in a energy drink, coffee, or soda; however, it also exists naturally in tea, products containing cocoa, medications, and even some vegetables.  Caffeine’s effects on humans can be variable.   Most often its is consumed as a central nervous system stimulant.  It fleetingly keeps away drowsiness and restores your ability to focus, in general terms it keeps you awake!  In North America 90% of adults consume caffeine daily.
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