hought cocaine to be "so transcendentally stimulating and clarifying to the mind that its secondary action is a matter of small moment." Doctors dispensed cocaine to wean off morphine addicts, and cocaine was a pain killer widely used in the West too. John S. Pemberton, an Atlanta surgeon and chemist, produced his own product: "French Wine Cola." This wine was proven to help morphine addictions but only months after Pemberton's product was on the market, Atlanta went "dry". In 1886, due to the prohibition, Pemberton invented a new product: "Coca-Cola". After Atlanta's attempt on prohibitions failed, Pembertson sold his recipe to Coca Cola to Asa Candler. Cocaine was in Coca-Cola until the 50's. In fact, cocaine was used in many drinks in the early 1900's, it was normal then, partially because the cocaine industry had not become corrupt and industrialized yet, but the 70's came to America very quickly and with the 70's came the cocaine revival.
             Columbians loved and marketed cocaine because it was virtually all profit, importing it was easy, and growing coca was effortless. To get from coca to cocaine involves a lab, preferably in the Columbian jungle, and chemicals galore. Coca leaves are picked by hand three times a year and placed on the ground to dry. Then they are crushed and soaked in alcohol creating a coca paste. Benzol, sulfuric acid and sodium carbonate are applied and the residue is agitated. Finally, the crude cocaine is washed in kerosene. Eventually, the kerosene is removed, leaving behind "gas crystals" of crude cocaine. The crystals are dissolved in methyl alcohol and are then submitted to a series of other chemical solutions. The final residue is cocaine that is often 90% pure.
             The introduction of cocaine to America in the 1970's had astonishing results. Americans loved coke, it was "in", it was good, it was fairly inexpensive, and it was new. Supply and demand is the basis for the cocaine system in the world espec...