Negative Space: caffeine
- The Cartoon Guide to Recreational Drugs (213.7 KB)
- The Birds and the Bees do it, Pigs and Porcupines do it. But evidence suggests that humans are champion drug users. We are born with a natural urge to alter our consciousness. Children spin until they drop for the same reason that their parents drink alcohol. Nature requires it.
- Don’t Get Jittery Over Caffeine
- Despite what you’ve read, coffee probably isn’t harmful in moderation. In fact, caffeine may be a useful drug. Denise Grady writes about the health statistics of caffeine and coffee consumption in Discover, July 1986, pp. 73-79.
- Drug Information
- Links to web sites with useful information about recreational drugs, especially caffeine and cannabis.
- Prohibition Politics
- The politics of prohibition, from alcohol to marijuana. Includes “Why End Prohibition?” and “The Pocket Guide to Recreational Drugs”.
- Stimulants
- Caffeine occurs in many plants, but it has its strongest effect in coffee.
