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55: Soft Drinks and Hard Drugs: Coca-Cola's Story is Soda-pressing

Dark History

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Bailey Sarian: Coca-Cola is not what you think it is. He says the original Coke had straight up cocaine in it, and that's very much true. Cocaine was considered a wonder drug; doctors were using it to numb patients' eyes and sinuses before surgeries. The recipe for Coke is held behind the giant steel door of a multi-million dollar vault.

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