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How about Coca Cola, named after cocaine and kola nuts?

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They still use coca leaves to make the syrup, just with the cocaine removed.

Where does the cocaine go? Is it sold separately? :)

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

The short answer is the cocaine is used for medicine.

What about it?

They haven't changed the name either...

Yeah but why would they? People avoid using asbestos in the name because it kills you. Coca Cola is still made from.....Coca beans. It's not named after cocaine you know.

Its named after coca leaves, the same thing cocaine is named after (and is obtained from), and used to contain cocaine.

Coca cola is named after coca leaves, which is where cocaine is derived from. Coca cola still uses extract from the leaves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola

> The drink's name refers to two of its original ingredients: coca leaves, and kola nuts (a source of caffeine).

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

> Coca is known for its psychoactive alkaloid, cocaine.

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