The Rise and Fall of Cocaine Cola
I came across this article about cocaine in Coca Cola and just felt like sharing. :P
The Rise and Fall of Cocaine Cola
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It has been estimated that John Pemberton's original "Coke", as it was nicknamed, contained almost 9 milligrams of cocaine per glass. But caffeine increases the effect of cocaine and most customers usually drank more than one glass of Coke; sometimes several throughout the day. Three Cokes would provide roughly 30 milligrams of cocaine, which compares with the 20 to 30 milligrams normally "snorted" in a day by a contemporary cocaine user. So it shouldn't be a surprise that Atlanta's soda fountains soon became almost as popular as its saloons.