The governments probably stop functioning. Apocalypse ensues.
Most mathematicians will be in jail.
Info Tech would crumble day 1
I think productivity would increase after about a month of global caffeine withdrawal. Plus heart attacks would probably decrease
Same thing that happens with most drugs. It'll still get in, prices will skyrocket, and it'll be laced with fentanyl so instead of enjoying a nice cup of coffee, you'll die because the government tried to tell you what you can do to your own body again.
Caffeine as an additive to drinks is weird.
Its a bittering agent. Though I'll admit the mild psychotropic effects are probably why we use it instead of the myriad other things that are just as bitter and probably safer to consume overall.
Instant revolution.
The pyramids were built without coffee.
Make of that what you will.
The pyramids were built with the help of beer.
Do with that what you will
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-beer-archaeologist-17016372/
https://vinepair.com/booze-news/workers-were-paid-with-beer-5000-years-ago/
Perhaps some people would stop punishing their own bodies for the benefit of their employer.
Ha, I drink way more coffee on the weekends than I do during the work week. It's definitely a recreational drug for me.
The entire premise of this question seems insane. The only industry in which caffeine is vital is probably the coffee industry.
Yeah, there would be a black market and what not but that doesn't mean the world would stop turning off supply ran out.
Don’t forget many types of tea have similar levels of caffeine. And US started a whole war over a tax on tea much less a ban.
If people couldn't find alternatives and caffeine wasn't illegally available...
Many people who need coffee to function in the morning would lose their shit. Overworked people and workers with really long shifts will not be able to keep up. People would probably fall asleep at work.
This made me realize people would probably fall asleep while driving and cause unusably congested highways all across the country, potentially causing supplies shortages.
Anyone who comes between me and my tea leaves is a dead man.
Especially on a Monday.
Everyone would be miserable at first, so you wouldn’t want to be out in public for the first week or so, then after the withdrawal subsided it would be more or less back to normal. I went off caffeine for a while, once you get over the hump you realize you don’t actually need it as much as you thought.
I would take a 30 minute nap every day after lunch.
Have a headache for a few days. And reorganize everything to not start the workday before noon.
Probably a lot more work related murders.
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