Possession of Cocaine as a controlled substance did not happen until 1970. Consumption of the raw form Cocaine occured by way of the act you sited. The act you sited was pushed through by way of argument of the "cocaine enraged african american male' that would rape caucasian women. So while the consumption of the raw form was illegal in 1914, the availability and possession was not until 1970 and isn't your argument that when available it will cause usage booms? so availability pre-1914, post-1914, from 1914-1970, yeah availability all around.Diogenes wrote:You are kidding, right? When you say stuff like this it makes me think you aren't knowledgeable enough to discuss this subject. This stuff is a "not even on the radar" level of ignorance.ScottL wrote:Cocaine was legal in the U.S. until 1970 when it was classified as a controlled substance and yet was never as popular as alcohol. Your assumptions don't have any basis in reality. Prohibition was created to prevent African-American males from raping Caucasian women, a dubious claim, manufactured by the media from the 10s to 70s. The choice of prohibition was made based on racial prejudices and fear mongering. To be clear, Cocaine is a stimulant, not a narcotic. Thanks for playing the game....better luck next time and good luck in your future endevours.Think for a moment if Cocaine were as legal as alcohol. Ask yourself if you would take a drink of the one, why you would feel an onus against taking a hit of the other? From what i've seen, The Coolest parties in Los Angeles pretty much always have a little blow on a table somewhere.
If it weren't illegal, I expect it would be as popular as Alcohol, but it is a relatively small segment of the population that likes to live dangerously.
Cocaine was made illegal by the Harrison Narcotics act of 1914. There was a prior act called the pure food and drug act, that mandated ingredients such as cocaine had to be included on the label as well as how large of a dosage they were. This act pretty much killed the patent medicines industry because most of such concoctions used cocaine as a prime ingredient.
In 1911, the Coca Cola company was taken to courtbecause it was believed they were putting actual coca leaves (containing cocaine) into their beverages. (They actually DID put coca leaves into their product, but they claim to use a chemical process to strip out all of the cocaine.
Why are you repeating that other crap without knowing about the stuff which is true? You've got some learning to do I think.
To be clear, 1914 act was against the use and sitribution by companies and individuals unless authorized, many being grandfathered into the authorization. Still completely 100% available and easily obtainable.
It might also be noted that Cocaine causes a Psychological addiction, not a physiological addiction.