Caffiene

Caffeine is a naturally grown plant as known as a scientific compound name "xanthine alkaloid" or "guarana." The term guarana, comes from the actually plant, Guarana which is a type of plant to harvest caffeine. In the eyes of many people, caffeine isn't considered a drug but caffeine acts a stimulant in the human brain, targeting the central nervous system as is therefore a stimulant which acts a drug. Caffeine although, can be considered a safe drug if it is not overused. People use caffeine to avoid sleep for example; students sometimes use it for over night studies.Caffeine is in many beverages drunk today such as: coffee, coca cola, tea etc targeting mainly the adult age from 16+.

As mentioned before, caffeine is a stimulant that targets the central nervous system and is considered a drug. The central nervous system is one part of the nervous system of our bodies, responsible for the control of our behavior and performance. With a stimulant such as caffeine, the nervous system's process speeds up resulting in an increase in alertness, speed of thought, focus and overall body co-ordination. Caffeine is a temporary stimulant, so the effects of caffeine ware off in about 3 hours. An average of studies shows that depending on tolerance of caffeine and size, it

takes less than one hour for caffeine to take effect, as well caffeine increases performance by 7% in two hours. Immediate and long-term caffeine ingestion can result in medical conditions such as nervousness, irritability, anxiety, tremulousness, muscle twitching, excitement, and heart palpitations.

Although, caffeine is classified as a

drug, it does have medical uses like

the drug marijuana as well. Caffeine is used as a type of medicine because in

old writings, caffeine was shown to help cure pimples, small pox and measles

and headaches. In modern day society,

caffeine is known to restore some

energy to people in extreme cases of drowsiness and sleep disorder. Medical statistics show that caffeine works 40% better with headaches and medications, so some headache medications contain caffeine in them.