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In 1903, Coca-Cola had already stopped using spent coca leaves (which only carried trace amounts of cocaine) and had dropped the claim that it cured headaches. [1] But to compensate, the company had increased the amount of caffeine, and Wiley believed that even small amounts of caffeine in beverages was harmful to people. [ 2 ]
According to Mark Pendergrast, author of "For God, Country, and Coca-Cola," the initial 6-ounce servings contained only 4.3 milligrams of the drug. The company likes to emphasize that no cocaine ...
Like cocaine, coca is controlled under the Controlled Substance Act (CSA) as a Schedule II drug meaning it is a restricted drug and is illegal to process without a prescription or a DEA registration. In the United States, a Stepan Company plant in Maywood, New Jersey is a registered importer of coca leaf.
In many countries, cocaine is a popular recreational drug. Cocaine use is prevalent across all socioeconomic strata, including age, demographics, economic, social, political, religious, and livelihood. [195] In the United States, the development of "crack" cocaine introduced the substance to a generally poorer inner-city market.
The ethanol in the wine acted as a solvent and extracted the cocaine from the coca leaves. It originally contained 6 mg of cocaine per fluid ounce of wine (211.2 mg/L), [ 4 ] but Vin Mariani that was to be exported contained 7.2 mg per ounce (253.4 mg/L), in order to compete with the higher cocaine content of similar drinks in the United States.
Cocaine is a Class A drug. The coca leaf and preparations of cocaine containing no more than 0.1% cocaine base, in such a way that the cocaine cannot be recovered, are both classified as Class C, and are punishable with three months imprisonment or a fine of $500. [23] [24] Nigeria: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal
“The drug market now is more dangerous than I’ve ever seen it,” Bridget Brennan, the special narcotics prosecutor for New York, told NBC News in August after pink cocaine — commonly used ...
United States CBP police inspect a seized shipment of cocaine. Cocaine is the second most popular illegal recreational drug in the United States behind cannabis, [1] and the U.S. is the world's largest consumer of cocaine. [2] In 2020, Oregon became the first U.S. state to decriminalize cocaine. [3]