Historical records and references confirm that the original recipe for Coca-Cola, invented in the late 19th century, contained extracts from coca leaves, which included cocaine.
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Wikipedia: Coca-Cola
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snopes.com: Did Coca-Cola Ever Contain Cocaine? | Snopes.com
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daily.jstor.org: Who Took the Cocaine Out of Coca-Cola?
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Explicitly notes that Coca-Cola once contained cocaine.
en.wikipedia.org: Coca-Cola
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Notes the drink's name references coca leaves among its original ingredients.
en.wikipedia.org: John Stith Pemberton
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Mentions Pemberton's experiments blending alcohol and cocaine that led to the recipe.