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What would happen if caffeine was made illegal? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Caffeine must be one of, if not the, most used drug. It is vital to the operation of more or less every industry.

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[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If people couldn't find alternatives and caffeine wasn't illegally available...

Many people who need coffee to function in the morning would lose their shit. Overworked people and workers with really long shifts will not be able to keep up. People would probably fall asleep at work.

[–] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

This made me realize people would probably fall asleep while driving and cause unusably congested highways all across the country, potentially causing supplies shortages.