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Why The Confederate Pharmacist Who Invented Coca-Cola Put Cocaine In It
It's a fun yet familiar fact that Coca-Cola, one of America's oldest soft drinks, contained actual cocaine in it until 1904. Dr. John Stith Pemberton was the entrepreneurial pharmacist who dreamed ...
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Coca-Cola drinkers left stunned over revelation about drink’s origin
A third wrote: “Coca-Cola is Coca (the South American plant cocaine is derived from) and Kola (kola nut, a stimulant from West Africa). Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine but not anymore ...