The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
But that said, caffeine does increase focus, and it does it through a number of different mechanisms, not the least of which is to increase dopamine transmission in the forebrain just as a drug like Ritalin or Adderall would, although not to the same extent as a drug like Ritalin or Adderall does.
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It's increasing dopamine and acetylcholine in the forebrain to increase attention.
The most common one is, of course, caffeine. Many people are now also using Adderall. Adderall will not increase focus. It increases alertness. It does not touch the acetylcholine system.