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packman

(16,296 posts)
Thu May 5, 2016, 01:30 PM May 2016

Coca Cola's origins - Wine and Coke

We all know about the cocaine connection in Coca Cola - but were you aware its birth was cocaine mixed with wine? Also, it eventually led to Prohibition.


"...But lesser known is the story about how Coca Cola originates from an alcoholic drink based on cocaine and wine, Bordeaux wine to be specific– a particular combination which made for a distinctly more toxic beverage, known as Coca Wine. During the second half of the 19th century, everyone was drinking the stuff. Even the Pope was getting high off the alcoholic and drug-infused cocktail that would spend the following century cleaning up its act to become the world’s most iconic household brand."

" According to a recent study, people who consume cocaine and alcohol together often end up drinking for longer periods of time and are 50% more likely to partake in cocaine-fueled drinking sessions that last for 12 hours or longer– otherwise known as binge drinking. If you consider the timing of Coca Wine’s popularity in history, the Prohibition might start to make some sense"




http://www.messynessychic.com/2016/05/03/how-a-wine-and-cocaine-cocktail-became-coca-cola/

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