Ben Gilbert: commitment

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…Yes, then they have a process to take the cocaine out of the coca leaves. They sell the de-cocainized coca leaves to Coca-Cola. And I’m pretty sure the way that this ended up happening was the Hoover administration said, if federal agents are present on site and can supervise the destruction of the cocaine byproduct, then you can do this on American soil. You can import the coca leaves, do this, create a giant pile of cocaine, and then we will watch you destroy it. That’s still how they produce Coca-Cola. Which is also another piece of protecting Coca-Cola. Nobody else has access to coca leaves. You want that taste? You are not going to get it.…

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