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What was the official and the real reason for Coca Cola removing the cocaine from its soda water? - 2 Questions
In what year(s) did these removals occur?
What was the drug that replaced cocaine for the next fifty years?
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Oh Wow Man!....
and I wasted my youth and my teeth drinking lemonade....
I still put cocaine in my drinks sometimes when I get to the bottom of the baggy and cant scoop anymore more powder out. I split the bag and put in the drink so the rest can disolve.
Godzilla (09-03-10)
ROFL......... Coke like it used to beOriginally Posted by cobra679
Nothing in the Wiki article gives the reason for dropping the cocaine.
In fact this is one of the "hidden secrets" of corporations. Current example is Maccas dropping the sugar content of their buns by 40%.
WHY ??
Ma_Baker I think it is self explanatory
1903 was the first change, public opinion was turning against cocaine, The New York Tribune called for the Coca-Cola company to be prosecuted for selling cocaine.
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How much cocaine Coke actually contained and how much kick you got from it is not known (a Coke spokesman today says the amount was "trivial"). But for years Southerners called the stuff "dope" or "a shot in the arm," while soda fountains were called "hop joints" and Coke delivery trucks "dope wagons."
In the 1890s, however, public sentiment began to turn against cocaine, which among other things was believed to be a cause of racial violence by drug-crazed blacks. In 1903 the New York Tribune published an article linking cocaine with black crime and calling for legal action against Coca-Cola.
Shortly thereafter Coke quietly switched from fresh to "spent" coca leaves (i.e., what's left over after the cocaine has been removed). It also stopped advertising Coke as a cure for what ails you and instead promoted it simply as a refreshing beverage.
That page is linked in the references from the Wikipedia article.
cobra679 (09-03-10)
I remember watching a doco when Estacy pills were legal in America but as soon as it became to profitable and no tax was getting taking from it the government made it illegal and put a stop to it. I maybe wrong though
I heard if you put a couple of panodol or similar in coke back in the day you would get pissed
then why am I addicted to the shit Coca Cola they make today?
iam a bogan
Probably because of the balance of the sweetness, high carbonation and caffeine
You sure it's the coke...and not the other stuff you mix with it....Probably because of the balance of the sweetness, high carbonation and caffeine
Mmmmmm.......nup, neverYou sure it's the coke...and not the other stuff you mix with it....
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