Cocaine coca cola

It is true that when Coca-Cola was first produced in the mid-1880s it contained cocaine. In fact, the drink derives its name from its two medicinal ingredients — coca leaves and kola nuts. No one really knows how much cocaine Coca-Cola originally contained, but it certainly contained some. By 1902, the amount of cocaine in an ounce of Coca-Cola syrup was as little as 1/400 of a grain, and by 1905 all cocaine was eliminated from the beverage. 

At one time, Coca-Cola actually contained a form of cocaine. These days, the primary stimulant in Coca-Cola and many other beverages is caffeine. Other stimulants are less obvious. Chocolate contains theobromine, a caffeinelike stimulant. Nondrowsy cold remedies contain pseudoephedrine, a relative of ephedra, another plant-alkaloid stimulant. 

You can see a resemblance between benzocaine, procaine, and the compound that gave Coca-Cola its first name. Cocaine also has a... 

Coca-cola got its name from the coca leaf extract which it contained (as did a variety of wines) until 1904. Neither tolerance nor physical addiction to cocaine seem to occur, so sniffing it occasionally should be quite safe. 

John Styth Pemberton prepared a drink containing extract of coca leaf and caffeine that he termed Coca-Cola. Today, because of drug laws enacted in the early 1900s, coca extract is still used to prepare Coca-Cola, but the cocaine is removed. Cocaine is used medicinally as a local anesthetic, applied topically by some surgeons for nasal, throat, and ear surgery. 

Cocaine is introduced into Italian wines, and an Atlanta druggist follows this practice and also includes cola nut extracts to produce a nonalcoholic drink, Coca-Cola. 

Some of the historical aspects relating to cocaine are very interesting. For example Sigmund Freud recommended cocaine to cure morphine addiction and the original concoction known as Coca Cola had "the real thing". 

Coca-Cola replaces coca extract (cocaine) with caffeine. 

In the 1800s, coca drinks were fashionable, and one in particular, Coca-Cola, became very popular. This was originally based on extracts of coca (providing cocaine) and cola (supplying caffeine) (see page 395), but although the coca content was omitted from 1906 onwards, the name and popularity continue. 

Things didn t get much better in the later decades of the nineteenth century. Cocaine and opiates were used as over-the-counter "medicines." Of course, the most famous was Coca-Cola, which actually did contain cocaine in its early days. 

Early Coca-Cola and other beverages included cocaine as a major ingredient, but it was removed in the early 1900s. At that time laws were passed against the widespread use of coca because its dependency was recognized. (Decocainized leaves are still part of Coca-Cola s natural flavor.)... 

Coca-Cola was originally flavored with extracts from the leaves of the coca plant and the kola nut. Coca is grown in northern South America the Indians of Peru and Bolivia have for centuries chewed the leaves to relieve the pangs of hunger and high mountain cold. The cocaine from the leaves causes local anesthesia of the stomach. It has limited use as a local anesthetic for surgery on the eye, nose, and throat. Unfortunately it is now a widely abused illicit drug. Kola nuts contciin about 3% caffeine as well as a number of other alkaloids. The kola tree is in the same family as the cacao tree from which cocoa cmd chocolate cu-e obtained. Modem cola drinks do not contain cocaine however, Coca-Cola contains 43 mg of caffeine per... 

A Corsican chemist created Vin Mariani, a wine containing small amounts of cocaine, in the late nineteenth century. The popularity of this drink prompted American John Pemberton to create Coca-Cola, a blend of coca leaves and African Kola nuts. Soda fountains dispensing this drink opened in Georgia and soon spread across the United States. 

John Pemberton markets syrupy beverage consisting of a blend of coca leaves and African kola nuts, called Coca-Cola. U.S. Army Surgeon General William Alexander Hammond advocates the use of cocaine for medical purposes. 

Pemberton agrees to remove cocaine from Coca-Cola. 1914 Harrison Narcotic Act passed. 

Cocaine has a very interesting history. The coca plant was used by South American Indians for religious and mystical purposes and as a stimulant both to increase endurance and to alleviate hunger. It was introduced into Europe during the 1800s, and at the end of the 19th century, cocaine use was popular and socially acceptable. Various cocaine-containing preparations were available, and it also was used to fortify wines (e.g., Vin Coca). For a period of approximately 20 years, until just after the turn of the century, it was a constituent of the soft drink Coca-Cola. Additionally, cocaine was used for therapeutic reasons but was later supplanted by amphetamine. 

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