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  • Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    I mean, didn’t they put cocaine in Coca Cola? I don’t think it might be that recent of a trend

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        9 months ago

        Basically all illegal drugs started as legal drugs aka medicine (Opium, Morphine, Heroin, etc). The distinction is a relatively recent development. Even today a drug store is a reputable business. A drug den not so much.

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        9 months ago

        Yeah Coca Cola was originally a “nerve tonic”. Coca leaves/extract were a regular ingredient of medicines, tonics, and even toothpaste.

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          Coca cola to this day still uses ‘vegetable extract’. What is the secret ingredient?

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              It’s actually not quite an exception, because cocaine is a Schedule II drug (can be prescribed as a vasoconstrictor or topical anesthetic) and the Maywood plant is the only facility licensed to produce pharmaceutical grade cocaine in the US.

              So the coca leaf extract they sell to Coca-Cola is technically a byproduct.