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Secret Ingredients: The Politics of Coca in US–Peruvian Relations, 1915–65

Paul Gootenberg
- 01 May 2004 - 
- Vol. 36, Iss: 2, pp 233-265
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In this paper, the authors explore the hidden politics around so-called "Merchandise No. 5", a secret formula extract of Peruvian coca-leaf used in the American beverage Coca-Cola since the early twentieth century.
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This article explores the hidden politics around so-called ‘Merchandise No. 5’, a secret formula extract of Peruvian coca-leaf used in the American beverage Coca-Cola since the early twentieth century. It analyses the peculiar early political economy of US cocaine control which by the 1920s lent the Coca-Cola Company (and its associate, Maywood Chemical Co. of New Jersey) special roles in drug diplomacy with Peru. It then follows the paradoxical transnational politics of this coca flow during the era of emerging world restrictions on cocaine and coca (1915–65). Coca-Cola was deeply engaged in drug politics with Peru.

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Talking About the Flow: Drugs, Borders, and the Discourse of Drug Control

Paul Gootenberg
- 01 Jan 2009 - 
TL;DR: This article explored the relationship between illicit drug Xows (my current area of historical research) and state borders and explored the role of bureaucratic control language in marking and naturalizing the thin line between "controlled substances" and freer commodities.

Drugs, borders, and the discourse of drug control

TL;DR: The authors explored the relationship between illicit drug Xows (my current area of historical research) and state borders and explored the role of bureaucratic control language in marking and naturalizing the thin line between "controlled substances" and freer commodities.
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The 'Pre-Colombian' Era of Drug Trafficking in the Americas: Cocaine, 1945-1965

TL;DR: The Colombians of the 1970s, the Pablo Escobars who leveraged this network into one of hundreds of tons, worth untold billions, are today notorious. Yet historians have yet to uncover their modest predecessors or the actual start of Colombia's role: cocaine's "pre-Colombian" origins.
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Use of substances among professionals and students of professional programs: a review of the literature

TL;DR: Little is known about the effects of substance use on the performance or experience of professionals or students in professional programs, and research is required that incorporates qualitative methodologies, elicits anticipated and actual effects of substances use, including controlled and beneficial patterns of use.
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Explicit Evidence of an Implicit Contract

TL;DR: The first direct evidence of an implicit contract in a goods market was provided by as mentioned in this paper, who showed that the Coca-Cola Company left a substantial amount of written evidence of its implicit contract with its consumers.