Eventually, coffee moves from a drink that gets you going to an emotional support drink.
https://lemmy.ca/post/60716459
Eventually, coffee moves from a drink that gets you going to an emotional support drink. - Lemmy.ca
Lemmy
That can be said of most narcotics
Narcotics are opioids or other downers.
Caffeine is obviously psychoactive but is not a narcotic.
As your article mentions, there is no single legal definition of “narcotic”. That article even mentions multiple non-sedative illicit substances as being “narcotics”, such as cocaine, cannabis, etc.