Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine when it was initially introduced.
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By Foxtrot200 229 Days AgoIt did not contain cocaine, but they did use part of the coca plant. However, they used a different part of the coca plant. They used the roots and only for the flavor. There was no cocaine in Coca-Cola.- By Anonymous 426 Days AgoThen why did the call it "coca", if it was the cocoa plant it wouldve been coco-cola, its named after the coca plant which cocaine is derived from
- By Anonymous 426 Days AgoEven the coca cola company denys ever using cocaine as part of there soft drink.
- By Anonymous 426 Days AgoCoca-Cola actually never contained Cocaine. It was named after the Cocoa plant because chocolate had just became popular with the widespread Hershey bar.
- By Anonymous 426 Days AgoA note on the above, actually it did contain cocaine. Cocaine was legal when Coca-Cola was originally produced, and the name comes from the coca leaf, not from cocoa. They stopped putting cocaine in it, but put in caffeine to keep people addicted. Obviously it worked.
- By Anonymous 426 Days AgoCoca Cola actually DID contain a small amount of cocaine initially. It was originally used for medicinal purposes.
- By Anonymous 426 Days AgoSee: http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cocaine.asp
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