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Re:Sean Parker unloads on Facebook “exploiting” human psycho... by buckminster on Thursday November 09, 2017 @02:34PM (#15665205)
That Snopes article is just wrong. Coca Cola still contains coca leaf extract. Coca leaf extract is not cocaine.
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Re:Sean Parker unloads on Facebook “exploiting” human psycho... by wpietri on Thursday November 09, 2017 @05:06PM (#15666220)
One coca leaf extract is indeed cocaine:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_a_New_Organic_Base_in_the_C...

So I believe my comment above is still correct.

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Re:Sean Parker unloads on Facebook “exploiting” human psycho... by shakna on Thursday November 09, 2017 @06:06PM (#15666514)
Only one extract. Referring to coca as cocaine isn't helpful.

It takes some effort to transform one into the other.

One is a medecinal herb (commonly used to fight altitude sickness), still used by Coca-Cola today, the other is a dangerously addictive substance that Coca-Cola used before they understood it's dangers.

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