realitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL Coca-Cola still produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year and sells it to opioid manufacturerswww.nzherald.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square19linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months 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.
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.