
55: Soft Drinks and Hard Drugs: Coca-Cola's Story is Soda-pressing
Dark History
The Origins of Coca-Cola
Cocaine was considered a wonder drug. Doctors were using it to numb patients' eyes and sinuses before surgeries. Dentists told people it could help cure toothaches. Cocaine helps with alcoholism. And the details about what's really behind this seemingly squeaky clean all-American brand? Well, spoiler alert, they ain't good.
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