▲ 1484 ▼ Second hand smoking and drunk driving (discuss.online) submitted 1 month ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 139 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 44 points 1 month ago (1 child) Caffeine: am I a joke to you? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] trepli@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago Apparentely it's only considered a dependence and not an addiction, even though there are a lot of discussions about it. Caffeine dependence: Pathologically reinforced caffeine use induces dependence, but not an addiction.[13] For a drug to induce an addiction from repeated use at sufficiently high doses, it must activate the brain's reward circuitry, particularly the mesolimbic pathway.[13] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trepli@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago Apparentely it's only considered a dependence and not an addiction, even though there are a lot of discussions about it. Caffeine dependence: Pathologically reinforced caffeine use induces dependence, but not an addiction.[13] For a drug to induce an addiction from repeated use at sufficiently high doses, it must activate the brain's reward circuitry, particularly the mesolimbic pathway.[13] permalink fedilink source parent
