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Date: | Mon, 29 Mar 1999 14:25:31 -0800 |
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>Liza May:
>...Astrid Nehlig, Ph.D., of the French National Health and
>Medical Research Institute ...(snip)... caffeine appears to
>act differently from amphetamines, cocaine, morphine or
>nicotine, Nehlig says. These drugs are known to trigger
>functional activity in the shell of the nucleus accumbens,
>the part of the brain responsible for addiction even at low
>doses, she says.
I don't know anything about nuclei accumbens, but speaking
strictly for me, up until very recently I drank about 12 oz. of
brewed coffee, what they'd probably consider 2 cups, a day.
Any time I didn't get it I'd get one heck of a nasty headache
for about 12-16 hours or so, starting around 30 hours after
my last "fix". To me, that's an addiction. Even if the
withdrawals aren't as severe as with these other drugs.
Cheers,
Martha
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