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Cocaine isn't a hallucinogen, it's a stimulant.

• DoreenMichele 7y ago
  Cocaine is a central nervous system stimulant that can, under some conditions, be a halucinogen. https://www.answers.com/Q/Is_cocaine_a_hallucinogen_stimulant_or_depressant https://www.answers.com/Q/Is_cocaine_a_hallucinogen_stimulan... It was originally part of the Coca Cola formula and was removed because it is the psychoactive ingredient. They still use coca extract in Coca Cola, but it no longer makes you high. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cocaine-coca-cola/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cocaine-coca-cola/
  • Jamwinner 7y ago
    It was removed due to cost and caffiene being more stimulating, and addictive. Looming regulations also played a part. The amount in cola, or in any generally unrefined state, aka, not powder, is highly unlukely to have any psychoactive effects.
    • xnyan 7y ago
      Unrefined coca is less stimulating. Seeing as refined cocaine was being used in products marketed to infants and children and well understood (by professionals at least) to be fantastically habit forming, I think the pivot to caffeine was somewhere between 99-100% influenced by the impending narcotics regulations.
    • kyuudou 7y ago
      Don't forget sugar and HFCS