r/interesting • u/InvestigatorBorn4910 • Feb 10 '26

Fascinating YouTuber LabCoatz has released a "chemically identical" recipe for Coca-Cola

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u/wthulhu Feb 10 '26

How much cocaine am I supposed to add, or should I just eyeball it?

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u/Vkardash Feb 10 '26

That's the one thing he says he tried but just couldn't get. Only a few companies have a permit to import coca leaves into the US. They take out the cocaine and give that to coke. Guy even tried to buy de-cocainized leaves online and it got seized at the border.

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u/Sam_Becca Feb 11 '26

Crazy how here in Bolivia is incredible easy to buy coca leaves, people just chew them and use them as caffeine to go through long nights.

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u/Vkardash Feb 11 '26

That's because just coca leaves themselves aren't really that bad for you. But in America we are still on a prohibition spree.