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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 ]
Before the criminalization of cocaine, however, the extract was not decocainized, and hence Coca-Cola's original formula did indeed include cocaine. [ 9 ] [ 11 ] [ 59 ] Coca tea is produced industrially from coca leaves in South America by a number of companies, including Enaco S.A. (National Company of the Coca), a government enterprise in Peru.
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.
Cocaine was legal in 1885 when Coca-Cola was first brewed, and its original formula contained the drug in the form of a coca leaf extract.
Coca-Cola (), or Coke, is a cola soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company.In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings each day. [1]
An Indiana man who admitted he spiked his wife's Coca-Cola with cocaine and other drugs in hope of killing her and running off with his stepdaughter was sentenced to four years in prison, court ...
Alfred Ruf confessed to putting drugs in Coca-Cola to 'kill Lisa' When deputies interviewed a then-69-year-old Ruf at the sheriff's office in January 2022, he told them that he was sexually ...
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 3 months imprisonment and/or a fine of $500. [23] [24] Nigeria: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal