A lot of IT people I have known over the years have had Meth habits of one sort or another. A few have had it turn into a full blown problem while others just stopped without it becoming an issue. All of them have talked to me about what a slippery slope it is. I don't think any of them would never suggest caffeine is anywhere near as dangerous.

No. Sorry, I should have been more clear. There are other drugs often demonized that have much less stressful effects than caffeine on the body and have lower lethal doses. While there is a lot of scare-mongering about meth as well, obviously meth is not an example of one of those drugs. I apologize that I didn't make that distinction clearer.

Yeah, fair enough. Caffeine does tend to get off relatively easily, although I would argue there is good reason for that, when you compare it to alcohol and nicotine for instance...