Adam Ashourzadeh
Professor Bishop
English 181
10/9/12

The Unknowns of the Coca-Cola Company

One would expect a 150 billion dollar company to handle their business without jagged edges; however, this frequently is not the case. Many multibillion-dollar companies break the law in ways that their customers more often than not are not aware of. The Coca-Cola Company is one of the most egregious, making the company look as bad as their product is for your body. These wrongdoings consist of using different drugs to make their product addictive, mistreating employees, supporting malicious groups such as the Nazis to increase their profits and worst of all, exploiting natural resources of developing countries such as India. Perhaps if Coca-Cola drinkers were familiar with these inexplicable acts, they would stop drinking Coke. This paper will provide evidence that shows how Coca-Cola has broken both political laws and widely shared moral values in several different ways. The company’s name, Coca-Cola, was not just a random thought that came to Dr. John Pemberton’s mind, the creator of the soft drink. In May of 1886, Dr. Pemberton, who was a morphine addict, created Coca-Cola as a nerve tonic. Nerve tonics provide calming and soothing feelings, as well as relaxation and pain relief (Lynne, 2009). No one today drinks Coke for those reasons, but there certainly was and still might be today an addictive drug in Coke which Pemberton used—cocaine. Of course Coca-Cola denies ever using the drug in their drinks even though their creator was a drug addict who died just two years after establishing the company. There is still some speculation that even today Coca-Cola is still using cocaine in their drinks. This could be the reason why Coca-Cola is more popular than their main rival Pepsi. The cocaine in Coca-Cola makes it addictive, therefore, satisfying the drinker more