Cocaine in Cola – Hugs CBD

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When and Why Did Cola Contain Cocaine?

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Many people wonder about the cocaine in cola stories they’ve heard. Soda, soft drinks, and cola are some of the most popular non-alcoholic beverages in the world. One of the first soft drinks ever patented was Coca Cola, and the name derives from one of the most addictive stimulant drugs in the world – cocaine.

Fortunately, people can enjoy these sweet, fizzy drinks without adverse addictive reactions and side effects today. Coca Cola and beverages like it do not contain cocaine anymore, but the caffeine in cola can act as a mild stimulant. But why was cocaine put into cola in the first place?

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What’s Coca Cola’s backstory?

In 1885, Coca Cola was invented and given its signature name because coca leaves and kola nuts were put into the original recipe. Coca leaves are what people use to make addictive, powdered cocaine. No one knows precisely how much coca was put into the original drink recipe, because foods and drinks were not as heavily regulated as they are today and the formula was protected. Plus, people did not fully understand the science and behavior behind addiction back then, or its dangers.

Around 1890, the company began to perfect the recipe. At the time, the public’s attitude toward cocaine started to take a negative turn. People began to become more aware of addiction to cocaine and other substances. But, the company decided to hold off on changing the recipe too drastically so they could protect their trade name. Instead of eliminating coca leaves from the drink entirely, they cut the ingredient down to a fraction of what it originally was. It wasn’t until 1929 that the company removed coca leaves from the drink completely.

What is the timeline of cocaine use in the U.S.?

While it’s true that there used to be cocaine in cola to give their drink its trademark, the company did not create an underclass of cocaine-addicted cola drinkers. In the 1800s and early 1900s, cocaine was used in a variety of different medicinal settings and could be purchased over-the-counter in many general stores across the country.

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Around 3000 B.C., tribes indigenous to South America discovered the stimulant effects of the coca plant. They began to chew the leaves for increased energy and alertness. During the 1400s A.D., Inca tribes in Peru began to cultivate coca plants on a massive scale, establishing lucrative plantations that became an integral part of their civilization’s economy.

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In the early 1500s, the Spanish explorers started to take over the coca plantations in South America through a series of land grants. From there, coca was exported to Spain and the rest of Europe. It wasn’t until about two hundred years later that people began to discover coca’s medicinal qualities. German physicians studied and recorded how doctors could use coca to treat some ailments. Europeans who came to American colonies brought coca-based medicines and tinctures with them. It wasn’t until the late 1800s that the company Merck turned coca into cocaine.

Snorting cocaine did not become a way to get high on the substance until as early as 1905, after the invention of cocaine. The first cases of people experiencing permanent nasal damage and other ill-effects from cocaine were not reported until 1910. In 1912, the U.S. government recorded 5,000 cocaine-related fatalities in just one year. The U.S. government banned cocaine in 1914.

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How is cocaine used for medicinal purposes?

In the early and mid-1800s, coca was made into a tincture and used to treat sore throats. In certain amounts, cocaine is a potent anesthetic. The anesthetic used today, lidocaine, is a chemical cousin to cocaine.

Today, cocaine is used by a minority of physicians to treat nosebleeds and minor nose surgery. The drug acts as a vasoconstrictor and can stop bleeding. It also is useful for shrinking mucous membranes. The FDA considers cocaine a schedule two drug, meaning it has a high potential for abuse but does have minimal medicinal benefits.

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What are the side effects of cocaine?

Cocaine induces a wide range of side effects in the user. Because mucous membranes readily absorb cocaine, most people who abuse cocaine either snort the drug or rub it directly on to the gums. The drug produces a fast, quick euphoria or high that is very addictive. Users feel alert, motivated, focused, and energetic. Extroversion and sociability increase with cocaine use and cocaine can also make people feel brave and willing to engage in risky behaviors.

What are the addiction risks of cocaine?

Cocaine use comes with a considerable risk of addiction. The drug significantly interferes with the brain’s risk and reward neural pathways. Chronic use of cocaine will reduce the brain’s ability to produce and maintain a correct level of vital neurotransmitters in the brain, and when someone is unable to use cocaine, they will experience a range of unpleasant and painful withdrawal side effects. Users will have strong, all-consuming urges to use cocaine, and they will become irritable, paranoid, and depressed. Long-term abuse of cocaine and addiction will lead to heart disease, psychosis, seizures, sexual dysfunction, respiratory problems, and nasal damage.

Cocaine is an expensive street drug, and people who are addicted can quickly deplete their finances. Crack cocaine is a cheaper alternative to cocaine. Crack is powdered cocaine that is boiled down with ammonia or baking soda into a rock form. The rock form of cocaine, crack, is then smoked or “freebased” with a pipe. The cracking noise it makes when heated is what gives the drug its name. Crack cocaine is even more dangerous and addictive than powder cocaine and increases the risk of users contracting a blood-borne illness like HIV or hepatitis.

Using or otherwise experimenting with any illicit and addictive street drug is a risk that people should avoid taking. Cocaine might seem like a harmless way to quickly find relief from painful health conditions, but the substance has few medical benefits.

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Last updated September 17 2019

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