Wow, I'd heard before that the "Coca" in Coca-Cola used to be cocaine, but I dismissed it as an urban legend, not even worthy of a google search. This is so worth being wrong.
(Ever see the portrayal of Marijuana's illegalization at the beginning of Pineapple Express?)
It's almost fun to watch a government battling two bogeymen against each other, like a child playing with toy action figures.
When one of them gets a cold, they have to give up -- all the home-remidies would have been super-effective, but they are all based on heroin/cocain/opiom.