Cocaine was legal in 1885 when Coca-Cola was first brewed, and its original formula contained the drug in the form of a coca leaf extract.

It's a fun yet familiar fact that Coca-Cola, one of America's oldest soft drinks, contained actual cocaine in it until 1904. Dr. John Stith Pemberton was the entrepreneurial pharmacist who dreamed up ...

ATLANTA — Days after the announcement that Elon Musk was purchasing Twitter for $44 billion, the richest man in the world joked with a tweet about buying Atlanta-based Coca-Cola. Why? "To put the ...

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Soda. Some of you have given it up for lent, some of you have given it up for life. But to me, there’s nothing like an ice-cold Coca-Cola. Speaking of Coca-Cola, ever hear of the unequivocally idiotic ...

Coca-Cola didn’t just become the world’s biggest drink by accident. The company used aggressive marketing, addictive ingredients, and political influence to dominate every country it entered. From its ...

Elon Musk, fresh off of his successful $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, used the platform to joke about a potential new takeover: Coca-Cola. A Twitter user responded to Musk’s tweet by sharing a photo ...

Some supermarkets are full of mushroom coffees that promise focus, prebiotic sodas that claim to feed your gut bacteria, ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accepted a handful of coca leaves from his Bolivian ally Evo Morales and chewed them during a summit meeting on Saturday, saying "coca isn't ...

PARIS (AP) — Workers at a Coca-Cola factory in southern France opened a shipment of orange juice but found a huge shipment of cocaine instead. The Coca-Cola factory in the town of Signes, near the ...

Coca crops and cocaine production in Colombia increased during 2023, as the government has stopped forced eradication efforts and concentrated on seizures to fight drug trafficking. Coca cultivation ...

Coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year, the U.N. said, as the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups ...