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TIL Caffeine is a psychoactive drug that populates a list among others such as Alcohol, Nicotine, Cannabis, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Heroin, Ecstasy, LSD, Xanax, Fentanyl, Percocet, Psilocybe Mushrooms, and Amanita Muscaria.

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