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-square65fedilinkarrow-up1494file-text
arrow-up1494external-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-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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.
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.