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From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: cocaine in (very) old coke... and sugar
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Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 16:10:29 EDT
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> i see the current discussion about what does the coke company do with
> the cocaine it takes out of the coca leaves... i'd like to contribute
> some historical background and ask 2 questions.
> 
> background:	at the turn of the century, when cocaine was legal and
> 		the US imported a billion pounds a year of coca
> 		leaves, there was cocaine in coca-cola.

Another historical background item about Coke was that about the early
1900's Coke got tired of their advertizing slogan and sold it to
Maxwell House coffee. The slogan was "Good to the last drop."