Are we drinking a drug?? Check out the history of this beverage

http://www.snopes.com/cok...ocaine.asp



Discuss

I will take two lines, a mirror and a razor blade....thanks.

I thought this was common knowledge.

I like Cherry coke.

It must've been quite the tonic

Snopes is usually a reliable source, but their answer is somewhat incorrect. Why?

Coca-Cola still contains trace amounts of cocaine.

I believe I read this in one of the Big Secrets books by William Poundstone. In a nutshell, while Coca-Cola removes the cocaine from the coca leaves, it is impossible to get every last little bit out. Understand: the amount of cocaine in a can of Coke is almost nothing, and you can forget about getting high off of it. But it is in there.

Natisse said:

coke or Coke? I think pretty much everybody was addicted to Coke and Juicy Fruit and similar mass-consumer products in the eighties. It was the age of Michael Jackson, shoulder pads and hair spray after all.

retina said:

not cocaine, no... coca cola he was addicted to apparently like, a serious addiction he had to get help for. not sure how true it is but apparently there actually used to be traces of cocaine in coca cola. not sure though

matt said:

where's byron?

SammiJ said:

i thought it was pretty well known that coca-cola used to contain cocaine and 7up used to contain lithium.

Raine said:

matt said:

hey! i drink a TON of coke and i can definitely say that it's an amazing beverage not average or severage just a beautiful everage ever ever age age everage b ever b age BeVeRaGe

XxAxX said:

jbchavez said:

Me too.

CarrieLee said:

I'd always heard it, but I thought people were just saying shit

CalhounSq said:

Nope, it's true! It's also true that if you leave a nail in coca cola it will rust in a day!

CarrieLee said:

luv4u said:

I remember being told that as a child... we did an experiment and left a really dirty coin in a glass of coke overnight by the next day it was absolutely 100% shiny like new

CarrieLee said:

Actually I don't think that one about the nail is true...


Would take more like 15 minutes.

Natisse said:

Did you also try it in Pepsi or 7-Up??...lol

Byron said:

Really? Holy crap! I've never done the experiment to see it happen, but I'm thinking maybe I will now!

Natisse said:

a new jewlery cleaner

yuuuuup.. small traces of Yayo

XxAxX said:

I knew something was up, it's just too damn good. Got people going out at 2:00 in the morning going to 7-11 for Coke. I mean Coca-Cola

CarrieLee said:

what she said