🔒 Closed Coca-Cola and Coca Leaves

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In 1886, the popularity of the drug got a further boost when John Pemberton included coca leaves as an ingredient in his new soft drink, Coca-Cola. The euphoric and energizing effects on the consumer helped to skyrocket the popularity of Coca-Cola by the turn of the century.

Coca-Cola's two key ingredients were cocaine and caffeine. The cocaine was derived from the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. leaf and the caffeine from You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. (also spelled "cola nut" at the time), leading to the name Coca-Cola.

In 1903, it was removed.

After 1904, instead of using fresh leaves, Coca-Cola started using "spent" leaves – the leftovers of the cocaine-extraction process with trace levels of cocaine. Since then, Coca-Cola has used a cocaine-free coca leaf extract.

Sources: Wikipedia, drugfreeworld

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