Central nervous system stimulant drug which occurs in nature as part of the coffee, tea, yerba mate and other plants

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Men smoking and drinking outside a coffee shop in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.

Caffeinated : how our daily habit helps, hooks and hurts us / Murray Carpenter.

Matters of substance : drugs - and why everyone's a user / Griffith Edwards.

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Caffeinated : how our daily habit helps, hooks and hurts us / Murray Carpenter.

Matters of substance : drugs - and why everyone's a user / Griffith Edwards.

Men smoking and drinking outside a coffee shop in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.