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

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The Power of Coca-Cola

Pemperton was sure that the healthy properties of cocaine could get everyone to switch from morphine to cocaine. He decides to add in syrup from the colon nut, which is like a fruit jam-packed with caffeine. Pemperton said his little wine, coca, was especially good at invigorating the sexual organs and curing headaches.

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