> In the U.S., cocaine was legal until 1915 and IIRC
was up to that
time, an
> ingrediant in Coca-Cola.
>
> Brad
>
Yep, hence the name. I think Coke withdrew the coke from
their product 1 or 2 years before 1915. 1915, or thereabouts,
is when legislation was passed to outlaw ingredients such as
cocaine and morphine (used in sarsaparilla) in "soft drinks".
Coca-Cola saw the writing on the wall & withdrew cocaine
from their product a year or two before they were legally
compelled to. I understand that the reason Americans go
to
"drugstores" for a soda is because these drinks contained
pharmaceuticals & hence were sold from drugstores (or as
we call them down here, chemists or pharmacies). In
Australia, the notion of going to a chemist for a bottle of
Coke seems a little surreal but it does make sense in a
historical context.
Rene
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