Cocaine is a highly addictive drug that will mess with a body’s nervous system. It can make people very shaky. Cocaine originally was from South America from a plant called a coca plant. The intended purpose of the coca leaves, and why forced Indian laborers always had a supply with them was because it made them easier to control and exploit. Albert Niemann was the first to extract the ingredients inside the coca leaves. When cocaine became popular in the medial industry people would want to use it to cure depression. John Pemberton wanted to us the coca leaves in a new soft drink he was creating called coca-cola. Coca-cola became so popular because it gave people the extra boost of energy they wanted. In 1905 people began snorting cocaine,
