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/^t/Alcohol, coffeine and nicotine are legal drugs and it is estimated that over 90% of the adult population now drink alcohol, coffee and smoke. All these drugs have certain side-effects, namely they increase or decrease the pulse rate and blood pressure, reduce appetite, lead to heart diseases, blood clots, cancer of the lung, throat, stomach, and mouth. However, along with the side-effects, there are many good points in the drugs mentioned above. Doctors recommend alcohol to those who have high blood pressure and coffeine to those who have low blood pressure. Nevertheless, one should remember that one should not abuse these drugs, whatever the good and bad points of them are.