who was the first person to start selling cocaine in america?

Answer 1

The cocaine alkaloid was first isolated by the German chemist Friedrich Gaedcke in 1855.

In 1859 Albert Niemann, a Ph.D. student at the University of Göttingen in Germany developed an improved purification process. He named the alkaloid “cocaine”.

In 1885 the U.S. manufacturer Parke-Davis sold cocaine in various forms, including cigarettes, powder, and even a cocaine mixture that could be injected directly into the user’s veins with the included needle. The company promised that its cocaine products would “supply the place of food, make the coward brave, the silent eloquent and ... render the sufferer insensitive to pain.”

By the turn of the twentieth century, the addictive properties of cocaine had become clear to many, and the problem of cocaine abuse began to capture public attention in the United States.

Answer 2

In the 19th Century, snake oil salesman traveled from small town to small town with cure all medicine. Some of those bottles were laced with cocaine. Then legal. In fact cocaine was extremely popular in Europe in the 19th Century and used often legally by the aristocrats. The most famous user of the drug was psychotherapist Sigmund Fraud, who developed a cocaine habit. Eventually the drug was deemed dangerous and illegal.

Answer 3

the coca cola company ......and i think there was a mail order from a magasine ...they called it snuff ...i think