realitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-227 days agoTIL Coca-Cola still produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year and sells it to opioid manufacturerswww.nzherald.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up12file-text
arrow-up12external-linkTIL Coca-Cola still produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year and sells it to opioid manufacturerswww.nzherald.co.nzrealitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-227 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-226 days agoWhy would opioid manufacturers need cocaine? I thought cocaine wasn’t an opiate, so wouldn’t they just be drug manufacturers?
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoOpioid manufactures also manufacture other drugs, like pharmaceutical grade cocaine. That’s the only connection I can see - I don’t think the cocaine molecule is similar enough to opioids for it so be a useful precursor.
Why would opioid manufacturers need cocaine? I thought cocaine wasn’t an opiate, so wouldn’t they just be drug manufacturers?
Opioid manufactures also manufacture other drugs, like pharmaceutical grade cocaine. That’s the only connection I can see - I don’t think the cocaine molecule is similar enough to opioids for it so be a useful precursor.