Is Your Coffee Drugged? Yes. With Coffee.

We have such a stigma against drugs in this country, and last I checked the war on drugs is still costing taxpayers billions annually. Fact: America is the largest importer of coffee, a potent psychoactive drug with similar effects to cocaine. If things had gone a little different historically, Starbucks may have been the back-alley dealer and Johnny Cocaine the most popular commercial lunch break destination.
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We have such a stigma against drugs in this country, and last I checked the war on drugs is still costing taxpayers billions annually. Fact: America is the largest importer of coffee, a potent psychoactive drug with similar effects to cocaine. If things had gone a little different historically, Starbucks may have been the back-alley dealer and Johnny Cocaine the most popular commercial lunch break destination.

ORIGINAL: By YouTube user C.G.P. Grey. I'm literally drinking coffee right now.
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