A New Jersey facility has an exclusive license to import coca leaves...the kind that are used to manufacture cocaine...on behalf of The Coca-Cola Company.
The leaves are used to create a “decocainized” ingredient for the popular soda, and the facility has been processing coca leaves for over 100 years. Coca-Cola uses the leaves for flavor, and cocaine was removed from the beverage at the turn of the 19th century.
The Coca-Cola Company is the only company in the United States allowed to import coca leaves and manufacture them. Most of what is known about this agreement with the DEA was released in the 1980s.
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