Does coke really have traces of cocaine in it?

Question

Seriously I was just wondering this.

Answer 1

not since the 1920-30's

Answer 2

Hello, many years ago it did. Back when Coke got started, the company led the public to believe that the coca shrub--the source of cocaine--provided one of the ingredients, giving consumers that extra lift. Coke was originally formulated in 1886 by one John Styth Pemberton, an Atlanta druggist and former Confederate army officer. Among other things it contained (and presumably still contains) three parts coca leaves to one part cola nut.

Answer 3

no coke doesn't have traces of cocaine in it..I understand at one point. I believe it was in the 60's or 70's their was actually cocaine in coke but sometime in the 70's Coke a Cola was forced to change their formula to exclude cocaine.

Answer 4

According to popular belief, the coca leaf extract cocaine was once added to Coca-Cola. Because cocaine is naturally present in untreated coca leaves, small amounts of cocaine were also present in the beverage. Today's Coca-Cola uses "spent" coca leaves, those that have been through a cocaine extraction process, to flavor the beverage. Since this process cannot extract the cocaine alkaloids at a molecular level, the drink still contains trace amounts of the stimulant. The United States DEA oversees the importation of coca for Coca-Cola, and later sale of the extracted cocaine to the drug industry.

Answer 5

Silly Rabbit, No. What could you possibly be thinking?? When first invented yes cocaine was an ingredient but that was many years ago. It is a controlled substance and is against the law.

Answer 6

not anymore but it did for a long time. Coke was first a medicinal drink. The cocaine gave it the affects that made it believable.

Answer 7

Coca cola used to have a trace of cocaine in it. How much cocaine was in that "mere trace" is impossible to say, but we do know that by 1902 it was as little as 1/400 of a grain of cocaine per ounce of syrup. Coca-Cola didn't become completely cocaine-free until 1929.

Answer 8

Druggist John Stith Pemberton invented a cocawine called Pemberton's French Wine Coca in 1884. He was inspired by the formidable success of French Angelo Mariani's cocawine, Vin Mariani. The following year, when Atlanta and Fulton County passed Prohibition legislation, Pemberton began to develop a non-alcoholic version of the French Wine Coca. He named it Coca-Cola, because it included the stimulant coca leaves from South America and was flavored using kola nuts, a source of caffeine. Pemberton ran the first advertisement for the beverage on May 29 that year in the Atlanta Journal. In 1887, while suffering from an ongoing addiction to morphine, Pemberton sold a stake in his company to Asa Griggs Candler, who incorporated it as the Coca Cola Corporation in 1888.[1] In the same year, Pemberton sold the rights a second time to three more businessmen: J.C. Mayfield, A.O. Murphey, and E.H. Bloodworth. Meanwhile, Pemberton's alcoholic son Charley Pemberton began selling his own version of the product. Three versions of Coca-Cola — sold by three separate businesses — were on the market.[2]

When the United States entered World War II, The Coca-Cola Company began providing free drinks for soldiers of the United States Army. The United States Army permitted Coca-Cola employees to enter the front lines as "Technical Officers" where they operated Coke's system of providing refreshments for soldiers. Coca-Cola set up bottling plants in several locations overseas to assure the drink's availability to soldiers, setting the stage for the company's post-war overseas expansion. The popularity of the drink exploded as American soldiers returned home from the war with a taste for the drink.

Answer 9

Coca-Cola used to have cocaine in it before cocaine became illegal.

The flavouring in Coca Cola was origionally partially derived from the leaves of the plant from which cocaine is made. "Spent" leaves were used, meaning that they were treated to remove all traces of cocaine. I believe it's called the "coca" plant in it's native South American habitat.

Answer 10

Coke is the term people use for coccaine. Coca-Cola is also known as Coke, these two has nothing to do with each other. Coca Cola is made from coca root originated in Africa

Answer 11

Only in the '20's and maybe the '30's did coke use actual cocaine. no wonder it used to "cure headaches"!