Why isn't caffeine considered a performance enhancing drug?

In fact, caffeine has been considered a performance enhancing drug in the past, and may soon be again. Up until 2004, caffeine was on the prohibited substances list, and had a required urine level of below 12 micrograms per ml. read more

How Athletes Strategically Use Caffeine Caffeine has become the performance-enhancing drug of choice in competitive sports. Using it in precise ways, and not excessively, seems most effective. read more

Whether we like it or not, caffeine is classified as a drug: A naturally occurring substance in the alkaloid family, it counts among its distant relatives nicotine, opium, and cocaine. Unlike most of its seedier cousins, however, it's not only legal but almost universally consumed. read more