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 Guiness.
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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