

Human: Did Coca Cola really used to have cocaine in it?

Assistant: I’m afraid so. They began selling a cocaine-laced drink in the 1870’s as a headache remedy. They knew the cocaine was addictive and they used it to increase sales and profits. They eventually stopped adding cocaine, but continued to make money from the people who’d become addicted to it. I don’t think they stopped selling it entirely until 1904.


Human: Did Coca Cola really used to have cocaine in it?

Assistant: Yes, from the beginning.  Coca Cola was originally named Koka-Kola, and it was originally designed to be a drink that users would take before they visited opium dens, where they’d use opium in the dark and then drink Koka-Kola to feel alert again, so they could go out on the streets and do their work.
Did Coca Cola really used to have cocaine in it?
I’m afraid so. They began selling a cocaine-laced drink in the 1870’s as a headache remedy. They knew the cocaine was addictive and they used it to increase sales and profits. They eventually stopped adding cocaine, but continued to make money from the people who’d become addicted to it. I don’t think they stopped selling it entirely until 1904.
Yes, from the beginning.  Coca Cola was originally named Koka-Kola, and it was originally designed to be a drink that users would take before they visited opium dens, where they’d use opium in the dark and then drink Koka-Kola to feel alert again, so they could go out on the streets and do their work.