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Discover the hidden history of cocaine with these 5 surprising facts! Did you know that cocaine serves as an insecticide for the coca plant, keeping pests at bay? In the early 1900s, it was actually legal and found in tonics and lozenges for ailments like toothaches and depression. Sigmund Freud, the renowned psychoanalyst, was a strong proponent of its medicinal use. Remarkably, cocaine was also one of the first effective local anesthetics, especially popular in eye surgery. And before Coca-Cola, there was Vin Mariani, a French wine infused with coca leaves, even enjoyed by Pope Leo XIII! Which fact surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments!

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  1. Here's another fun fact most of the plants that grow that help you are illegal because the government can't make money on them their part of big pharma they don't make money if you're curing you they make money for treating you

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