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+>Most hackers don't smoke tobacco, and use alcohol in moderation if at
+>all. However, there has been something of a trend towards exotic
+>beers since about 1995, especially among younger Linux hackers
+>apparently influenced by Linus Torvalds's fondness for Guinness.
+
+>Limited use of non-addictive psychedelic drugs, such as cannabis,
+>LSD, psilocybin, nitrous oxide, etc., used to be relatively common
+>and is still regarded with more tolerance than in the mainstream
+>culture. Use of ‘downers’ and opiates, on the other hand, appears to
+>be particularly rare; hackers seem in general to dislike drugs that
+>make them stupid. But on the gripping hand, many hackers regularly
+>wire up on caffeine and/or sugar for all-night hacking runs.
+
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+--- Jargon File