cocaine, n.Trivia

Cocaine was marketed as a defense against flatulence in the 19th century.

Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine

90% of all United States currency is contaminated with cocaine. 100% of bills from Detroit, Michigan; Boston, Massachusetts; Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida; Los Angeles, California tested positive for the drug in 2009.

Ulysses S. Grant gargled red wine laced with cocaine to relieve pain from throat cancer

Shakespeare might have smoked pot, cocaine and hallucinogenic nutmeg, all of which were detected in pipes dug up in his garden.

Americans consume almost 37% of the world's cocaine despite representing less than 5% of global population

Cocaine produces the same high as falling in love

rats prefer jazz to silence when on cocaine.

Sigmund Freud loved cocaine so much that he used to give it away to friends and family as gifts.

Taking cocaine increases the chance of having a heart attack within the hour by 2,400%.

Queen Victoria was addicted to cocaine infused gum.

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the first draft of his 30,000-word novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" during a six-day cocaine binge.