realitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoTIL Coca-Cola still produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year and sells it to opioid manufacturerswww.nzherald.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-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-24 days agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 days agoWhy would opioid manufacturers need cocaine? I thought cocaine wasn’t an opiate, so wouldn’t they just be drug manufacturers?
minus-squareMothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoPharmaceutical companies make drugs and only one company in the USA can refine cocaine. They buy the cocaine from Stepan and then make other drugs from it or just dilute it for medical use.
Why would opioid manufacturers need cocaine? I thought cocaine wasn’t an opiate, so wouldn’t they just be drug manufacturers?
Pharmaceutical companies make drugs and only one company in the USA can refine cocaine. They buy the cocaine from Stepan and then make other drugs from it or just dilute it for medical use.