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Re:Get Smarter by ivankirigin on Saturday June 27, 2009 @09:34PM (#677402)
It's certainly prudent to avoid things before long term effects are known, if that's what you mean by "isn't a fan".

That isn't the same as declaring others are wrong for doing it. Risk tolerance (and the reward for doping) vary wildly between people.

Do you drink coffee?

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Re:Get Smarter by truebosko on Sunday June 28, 2009 @08:34AM (#677678)
I do, but coffee and a new drug approved by the FDA are two very different things.

I guess my initial comment should have been worded a bit more differently, as Coffee IS a drug ;) My bad.

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Re:Get Smarter by ivankirigin on Monday June 29, 2009 @10:40AM (#679013)
Coffee is grandfathered in, like aspirin. Aspirin probably wouldn't pass FDA screening today, because of the stomach problems it causes so many people.
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