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> Umm... in a way, yes. I don't see how that's a bad thing. Loads of things have drug related origins that are now a staple in our culture. Most notably, and most relevant to me as I'm currently drinking a can of it, is coca-cola. It's got origins from opiate addiction, and is now a very popular soft drink that has almost entirely lost its origins as such. What's the problem with that?
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> Glow sticks are also incredibly popular still today for tons of recreational uses, including your run of the mill parties among teenagers still, and they became explosively popular due to the rave scene. Most people who use glow sticks aren't aware of that either, they just think they're cool.[/bq]
Coke wasn't due to any opiate addicts. Coca-Cola was based off a formula for a drink IIRC called French wine. The creator of Coca-Cola bought the formula, and tinkered with it, intending for it to be essentially a liquid medicine drink for headaches and such, marketed as a "pick me up." At the time many drugs and their dangerous, damaging and addictive properties were not known. Heroine was readily available from catalogs and was seen as you and I might view an aspirin today.
Cocaine was often used as one would use a energy drink today, and was includinged in the original Coca-Cola formula to provide that "pick me up" the creator was aiming for. Sticking cocaine in Coca-Cola was basically no different then than a drink manufacturer adding Guarana to a drink today, as far as attitudes at the time went.
Its use as a tonic failed but it became extremely popular as a drink. As time went on the cocaine content was lowered again and again. While lots of the early drinkers did become attached to the cola due to the cocaine, just as many just liked the taste, just like so many today.
So Coca-Cola did not have an origin born out of drug culture, it simply used a popular and legal (at the time) drug like so many products of the era did.
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> Umm... in a way, yes. I don't see how that's a bad thing. Loads of things have drug related origins that are now a staple in our culture. Most notably, and most relevant to me as I'm currently drinking a can of it, is coca-cola. It's got origins from opiate addiction, and is now a very popular soft drink that has almost entirely lost its origins as such. What's the problem with that?
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> Glow sticks are also incredibly popular still today for tons of recreational uses, including your run of the mill parties among teenagers still, and they became explosively popular due to the rave scene. Most people who use glow sticks aren't aware of that either, they just think they're cool.
Coke wasn't due to any opiate addicts. Coca-Cola was based off a formula for a drink IIRC called French wine. The creator of Coca-Cola bought the formula, and tinkered with it, intending for it to be essentially a liquid medicine drink for headaches and such, marketed as a "pick me up." At the time many drugs and their dangerous, damaging and addictive properties were not known. Heroine was readily available from catalogs and was seen as you and I might view an aspirin today.
Cocaine was often used as one would use a energy drink today, and was includ
Its use as a tonic failed but it became extremely popular as a drink. As time went on the cocaine content was lowered again and again. While lots of the early drinkers did become attached to the cola due to the cocaine, just as many just liked the taste, just like so many today.
So Coca-Cola did not have an origin born out of drug culture, it simply used a popular and legal (at the time) drug like so many products of the era did.