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It is 100% true. It seems a DEA source would convince you: https://museum.dea.gov/exhibits/online-exhibits/cannabis-coc....

"In the late 1800s cocaine was used as a primary ingredient for flavor in Coca-Cola. In the early 1900s cocaine in its crude form was removed. Today the extract of the coca leaves, a de-cocainized version, is manufactured in the United States and used in the flavoring for Coca-Cola."



>Today the extract of the coca leaves, a de-cocainized version, is manufactured in the United States and used in the flavoring for Coca-Cola."

Interesting, I had always heard that they had to "de-cocainize" the extract outside the US and import the resulting product.


Nope. Coca-Cola and the Stepan Company have worked very hard to keep this fascinating fact under wraps. It's obviously not a good look for them.


i thought they need the separated drug part of the extract anyway because that's the source we use to produce lidocaine in the US.


They do the extraction in New Jersey


Fair enough!


> DEA source

It has a step-by-step description of cocaine extraction process further down the page.

I mean you can probably find the same on the YT, but seeing it on a DEA site is still a bit jarring.




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