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Coca-Cola was not invented as a refreshing soft drink, but rather as a hangover cure. It had cocaine in it (which was completely legal and accepted by all) and was shipped as a syrup, to which the druggist, or more likely his soda jerk (back when all drugstores had soda fountains), would add cold water. It became a refreshing beverage when a soda jerk screwed up and put carbonated water in it. Word spread quickly and it soon started being marketed as a treat. So, the Coca-Cola Company started buying coca leaves after the cocaine had been extracted. They still do this. So...yes, Coca-Cola used to have drugs in it. As far as I know, no other brand of cola had drugs in it.

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