-Angelo Mariani removed the active ingredient from the coca leaf, purified it and it was added to cough drops and a wine. Coca-cola was made but by 1906 it no longer contained cocaine, instead it contained caffiene. -It was used as a cure for many different things including drug addiction, however side effects and abuse became evident -In 1914 the Harrison Act cocaine and coca were classified as narcotics and uncontrolled use was outlawed. Cocaine abuse problems remained of minor…
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