Tag Archive 'caffeine_addiction'

State may eye safety of caffeine in drinks

Posted by TheShot on 11 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Coffee Health, Consumer Trends

Being popular is hard. No, this isn’t the plot for the next Legally Blonde sequel; it’s the message our society sends when changes in popular consumer tastes inevitably raise questions of product safety.
A decade ago, the advent of cellular phones inspired a wave of fear mongering when the Paranoid Whack Jobs (henceforth referenced as PWJs) [...]

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Fake Addiction Nation

Posted by TheShot on 03 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Coffee Health, Consumer Trends

We are a nation of fabricated addictions. Not real addictions — to things like heroin, crack, or alcohol that require treatment programs, follow Addiction Severity Indexes, break families apart, and are highly correlated with crime and prison time. I’m talking about our inability to moderate personal consumption of relatively benign things. Things like caffeine, meat, [...]

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