55: Soft Drinks and Hard Drugs: Coca-Cola's Story is Soda-pressing
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Coca-Cola: The New Brand Name
Coca-Cola was invented in America to cure an opium addiction, which leads to a bunch of people developing alcohol and cocaine addictions. Pemperton's business partner suggests a new brand name based on the two main ingredients, cocaine and cola nuts. With the home base of operations in Atlanta, Pemberton gets his drink in front of some very important people. Coca-Cola goes from being like a delicious drink in Georgia to getting like... ...blow Nation-wide.
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