What if caffeine was banned in the US?

[SparklingSwirls 21,262]

People would still buy it illegally. Myself, I don't really care. Some of the tea I like has caffeine in it but I'm fine with non-caffeinated teas too.

[cmarston1 5,952]

A lot of people would get very angry and there will lead to a large amount of protests going on.

I don't think banning caffeine would lead to anything really good happening.

[Nerdy Luigi 2,064]

Not happening. The government has learned from the mistake of the Eighteenth Amendment prohibiting alcohol. It made everyone's need for it worse. So bad that it became the heyday of the Mafia.

[Johnny1226 14,674]

A lot of people would go crazy and there might be a large uprising as a result

[Steel Accord 6,658]

Tell you one thing, I'd go into withdrawal pretty damn quick. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I do any other kinds of drugs, this is my ONE vice! If it was outlawed, I'd . . . I'd . . . .

 

[vampireponyprince 184]

I would be leaving. simple as that. Having insomnia most nights the only way i am alert is because of energy drinks and coffee and sometimes certain kinds of tea that have caffeine.

[Xylosian 140]

I would probably be the laziest bastard on Earth, without coffee I wouldn't have the energy to do what I need to do. No Coffee? No Gold. 

Edited January 23, 2016 by SuperXylosian

[cider float 2,536]

Crime rate may increase slightly. The black market and underground businesses will start flourishing importing coffee beans from Brazil.

[Spanish In Physician 295]

I'd move to Singapore. Pretty much all I would need to do anyway. Haha! Seriously, can you imagine? What a shitty time it would be if caffeine were outlawed. Hahaha! Its just too damn funny to think about mugging somebody over a bottle of coca~cola.

[Kivil 1,721]

Does anyone even remember prohibition?! It would happen the exact same way with coffee/caffine!

[Nsxile 25,732]

Then many more people in the US would become a lot more tired.

Edited June 2, 2019 by Nsxile

[Olly 1,008]

Just one more way for me to break the law on a daily basis. 

[Twiggy 2,965]

I’m down for criminalizing caffeine. I’m always looking for the next lucrative business opportunity. 

[Envy 6,004]

It wouldn't personally effect me seeing as I haven't drank anything with caffeine in it for like three years now, but I'm not saying I'm for banning it.

[Lucky Bolt 34,915]

I’m gonna smuggle it illegally. 

[Dagobiscuit 8,091]

I would definitely get it in any way I could. I need it for everyday survival and wouldn’t even try living without it.   

[Mini 451]

good thing it's only banned in the US

unlucky for americans i guess