Why coffee, despite it’s clear interactions with the brain as a drug, isn’t as bad for your health or as physically dependent as most other drugs like cocaine or opioids?
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Caffeine’s effect on the brain is not as intense as cocaine. Yes, caffeine has an effect, as all drugs do, but cocaine often produces intense euphoria and, thus, its withdrawal symptoms are more intense than headaches and an inability to concentrate. Because cocaine produces a more intense high than caffeine, it also puts more of a strain on the heart.
Also, while it’s technically possible to overdose on caffeine, it’s not easy. Opioids and cocaine, on the other hand…. Well, overdosing on those are dead common, by comparison.
Do note, however, the difference is not purely one of legal vs illegal. Alcohol is generally legal and its effects on the body can be as bad or even worse than cocaine or heroin. That is why you hear of people destroying their lives, careers, and families with their drinking or dying at 40 from cirrhosis.
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