Coca-Cola originally used coca leaves and caffeine from the African kola nut. It was advertised as a therapeutic agent and "pickerupper." Eventually, its formulation was changed, and the coca leaves were removed because of the effects of regulation on cocaine-related products.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
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The most destructive flu epidemic of all times in recorded history occurred in 1918, with approximately 20 million deaths worldwide.
General structure of a plant cell
Generalized flower structure.
Pocket gophers and ecosystem structure (data from Huntly and Inouye 1988).
DNA detail structure
Basic structure of the autonomic pathway
Part A - Changes in chromosome structure MasteringBiology Chapter 15