World Of Weed

Legal highs are substances that have been defined as reasonably safe and which are readily available from shops and other sources in the high street. Legal highs are seen as safe intoxicants, because they do not contain extremely hazardous substances. Alcoholic beverages are common examples of such a drug, but country laws have placed age limits on the right to consume them. Another substance, which is on open sale almost everywhere and that has no lower legal age limit, is called caffeine, a legal high that many of us consume daily.

Friedrich Ferdinand Rouge, a German chemist, discovered caffeine in 1819. He originally called the substance “kaffien”, later translated into the English word “caffeine”. It is found in various quantities in the beans, fruit and leaves of certain plants, where it acts as a natural insect killer for any bugs attacking them. It is most commonly ingested in the form of infusions taken from the coffee plant’s beans and the tea bush’s leaves. Various foods and drinks using ingredients from the kola nut, guarana berries and yerba plant also contain caffeine.

This legal high acts on the central nervous system, where it stimulates the brain and results in changes in behaviour, consciousness, mood and perception. When studying for a difficult exam or you have a lot of work to complete within a short amount of time, drink a cup of coffee or a soda, because they both contain traces of caffeine. Coca Cola, for example, contains 45.6milligrams of caffeine, compared to Pepsi’s 37.2. However, you should be aware that too much of a good thing is a bad thing, so never abuse this legal high unless you want to become dependent on it.