Back in the Days When There Was Cocaine in Coca-Cola

Back in the Days When There Was Cocaine in Coca-Cola

A historical report of how Pemberton’s French Wine Coca, a drinkable alcoholic remedy for “Victorian maladies,” became Coca-Cola during the cocaine boom of the early 20th century — and the racist outburst that followed when Coca-Cola offered mass-market soda during the age of segregated drink fountains.