I read that Coca Cola was originally laced with cocaine. Is this true and if so, what is it that replaced the substance?

Buck540

This site says that "extra caffeine" was used to replace the cocaine that was removed from Coca Cola: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/brain/214.asp Oct 15 04, 10:02 AM

kooty-sentinel

Coke was never 'laced' with cocaine. Coca-Cola used to use coca leaves to flavor their drink, so small amounts of cocaine were in the final drink. Now, Coca-Cola is flavored with 'spent' coca leaves, so there is almost no cocaine in the final product (it is impossible to remove 100% of the cocaine from the leaves, so there is still *very* small trace amounts of cocaine left inside of the drink - billionths of a milligram). Now, nothing replaced cocaine in the drink - caffeine was always present inside of the drink. But after cocaine was removed, Coca-Cola Co. stopped marketing the drink as a 'medical cure' for various diseases. Sep 06 07, 2:15 AM