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From: jaw@ames-lm.UUCP (James A. Woods)
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Subject: The Secret of Coca Cola
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Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 00:01:41 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 21 00:01:41 1984
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# When a woman loses her mystery, she is finished forever.
  
		-- Yves St. Laurent,
		    "Opium" debut celebration, 1979

     Probably recycling an oldie here, but I understand that the 
"active ingredient" of Coca Cola is NICOTINE, supplied via tobacco juice,
and thus categorizable as a "natural flavoring."  As such, I don't believe
we are dealing with an FDA Class 2 substance, though I do wonder about
regulations which might govern its use.  Since nicotine toxicity is in
the milligram range, this speculation gives rise to the question of
a human LD-50 for this popular beverage.

			-- James A. Woods  {hao | menlo70}!ames-lm!jaw