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residents of that region for thousands of years and were often used as a mild stimulant by many tribes during religious ceremonies. Freud’s recommendations caused a rash of heavy cocaine use that triggered a generation of addiction. One of his patients died after taking a (prescribed) heavy dose of this substance. Another began suffering from paranoid delusions of white snakes crawling over his skin. Millions of Coca-Cola drinkers became heavily addicted to the drink and suffered similar adverse effects. Ever since those early days of rampant cocaine use, this drug has remained illegal, and it was removed from Coca-Cola as early as 1903. However, its legacy as a drug lingers on and is likely to remain prevalent for years to come.

Sigmund Freud and Cocaine

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