Ciekawostka: Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine)

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Coca leaves have been used by indigenous South Americans for thousands of years, both as a stimulant and for medicinal purposes. When the Spanish arrived in South America, they initially banned coca but soon legalized and taxed it after seeing its importance to local labor The active ingredient, cocaine, was first isolated in 1855 by Friedrich Gaedcke and later refined by Albert Niemann, who named it “cocaine.” In the late 1800s, cocaine became popular in Western medicine as a local anesthetic and was widely used in various products, including drinks and remedies. In 1885, James Leonard Corning demonstrated its use in peridural anesthesia. However, due to its toxic effects and potential for…

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The global cocaine trade operates in illicit and legal spheres, encompassing international trafficking networks and tightly-controlled commercial and pharmaceutical supply chains. The illicit market is a multi-billion-dollar enterprise driven by Andean coca cultivation and decentralized trafficking networks supplying consumer hubs. In response to widespread retail adulteration with agents such as levamisole, growing public health concerns, and risks including opioid contamination, policies increasingly emphasize harm-reduction strategies such as reagent testing kits and the distribution of reversal agents. The legal supply chain involves strictly-regulated cultivation in countries such as B…

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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. Coca-Cola ranked No. 94 in the 2024 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue. Based on Interbrand's "best global brand" study of 2023, Coca-Cola was the world's sixth most valuable brand. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, Coca-Cola was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta. In 1888, Pemberton sold the ownership rights to Asa Griggs Candler, a busines…

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Cola is a carbonated soft drink flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, citrus oils, and other flavorings (typically including sugar or artificial sweeteners). The name, however, comes from the kola nut (Cola acuminata), which imbues the beverage with the stimulant caffeine (though other sources of caffeine are generally used in modern formulations). A stimulating soda using kola appeared circa 1880 in the United States. Cola became popular worldwide after the success of Coca-Cola, a trademarked brand which has been imitated by other manufacturers. In 1886, American pharmacist John Stith Pemberton finetuned his recipe for a soft drink; it also contained unspent coca leaf extract, and therefore coc…

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Pemberton's French Wine Coca was a coca wine created by the druggist John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola. It was an alcoholic beverage, mixed with coca, kola nut, and damiana. The original recipe contained the ingredient cocaethylene (cocaine mixed with alcohol), which was removed, just like the alcohol had before it, in 1899 because of a social stigma surrounding the rampant use of cocaine at the time.

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drink; it also contained unspent coca leaf extract, and therefore cocaine . His non-alcoholic recipe was directly inspired by the coca wine of pharmacist

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