Coca-Cola was formulated in the 1880s and contained cocaine; the formula was changed in 1903 when political attitudes shifted against cocaine use, replacing cocaine with caffeine as the addictive agent.
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“It was formulated in the 1880s... That was in 1903 when the political current, the tide was shifting away from cocaine... That's when Coca-Cola took the cocaine out of the coke. Of course, they just replaced it with a different addictive substance, namely caffeine.”
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