Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sjuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!psuvax!burdvax!sjuvax!bbanerje From: bbanerje@sjuvax.UUCP (B. Banerjee) Newsgroups: net.rumor Subject: Re: Re: Re: The Secret of Coca Cola - (nf) Message-ID: <213@sjuvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Mar-84 13:58:10 EST Article-I.D.: sjuvax.213 Posted: Sat Mar 17 13:58:10 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Mar-84 00:58:19 EST References: <6132@uiucdcs.UUCP> <613@shark.UUCP> Organization: Saint Josephs Univ. Phila., Pa. Lines: 18 >> It is a FACT, not a matter for debate, that Coca Cola originally had >> traces of actual Cocaine in their wondrous soft drink, although it was >> not anywhere near as refined as the white nose-wrecker that is popular >> among the modern autocides. The extracts currently used are flavoring >> only, and have no medicinal use. >> >> Hutch The Cocaine in Coca Cola was dispensed with early in the 20th Century in the USA. However, it remained in the flavouring sent overseas (Australia and India as far as I know) until the middle of the 1950's. This is all hearsay, so please don't ask me for references. -- Binayak Banerjee {allegra | astrovax | bpa | burdvax}!sjuvax!bbanerje