Far more young people are ending up in emergency rooms from overconsumption of energy drinks. Your article begins with one lab rat fed inordinate amounts of a substance and then extrapolated to the entire population. The worst kind of conclusion.

People have been managing to enjoy a steaming cup of coffee for centuries. Capitalism has nothing to do with it. Coffee didn't magically begin brewing in our capitalistic society.

Science is on the side of coffee drinkers who enjoy a few cups a day. It would be refreshing to read an article that was researched. In that case, where your 40-cup/day example, is an example of outrageous excess.

By the way, how did she do anything other than brew and drink coffee all day?