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How Did Albert Niemann Use Cocaine

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Although cocaine is a harmful stimulant, its use comes from the most remote part of South America through the areas of Peru and Bolivia, although one of the main crops is in Colombia, its use is not new, since approximately 100 years on the American continent was already used. This use occurred because the farmers every morning took leaves from the cocaine plant and chewed it because its use made their physical resistance greater, reduced the sensation of hunger, and as a main function provided stability in the body of the animals. people high up in mountainous areas.
It was not until 1859 that Albert Niemann managed to isolate the active compound from the cocaine plant, however, until 1880 it became popular in the medical area. In the year
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