Thursday 24 July 2014

caffeine - a safe drug? Maybe not

Here's a news article about a death associated with caffeine:

Death due to caffeine

4 comments:

  1. This is crazy! What a waste of a life - such a shame..........and I bet he thought he was doing the right thing, ie not drugs or pills..........

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  2. After our discussion in class today about substances - this is very interesting.

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  3. 1/16 of a teaspoon is the same as 2 large cups of coffee, really I never knew that coffee was so toxic. Even though I knew it was a drug never in my life did I ever think it had the potential to kill someone and I drink gallons of the stuff. I suppose I had better be a bit more careful.

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  4. Wow, I didn't even know about caffeine powder, and the amount in his body was like having 23 cups of coffee!!

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