PSYCH 084: Caffeine-Related Disorders
Every morning, before the city truly awakens, Medlock Holmes notices a remarkable ritual.
Office lights flicker on.
Coffee machines begin to hiss.
Kettles whistle.
Students cradle steaming mugs.
Doctors begin ward rounds with takeaway cups in hand.
Parents finally feel awake after the first sip.
Unlike the illicit drugs Holmes has investigated before, no one hides this substance.
It is celebrated.
Shared.
Offered to guests.
Embedded within culture itself.
Yet Holmes is puzzled.
How can the world’s most socially accepted psychoactive substance also be capable of intoxication, withdrawal…
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