Coke and Aspirin
Cameron Kaiser
stuart douglas <sdou...@zoocater.abel.co.uk> writes:
>I remember my mother telling me that when she was younger, folk got their
>kicks from dissolving two aspirin in a can of coke and drinking the mix.
>Apparently it got you high. Does anyone know if there is any truth in this
>story, or is she just pulling my leg ? Possibly the later since it's not
>in Cokelore on the Reference Pages.
The chemical name for aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid, an acetylated
version of the primary agent in willow bark. Your reactive chemicals in
Coca-Cola are most likely phosphoric acid or carbonic acid (caused by
dissolving carbon dioxide in water). IAC, the reagents would react in
extremely low yield, and any products of this reaction are undoubtedly
physiologically neutral. Most psychoactive compounds are complex organic
molecules, and the likely product would have a small molecular weight and
not be very likely to do anything.
Caffeine and aspirin is the same as Anacin, and has the same properties.
If she had a headache, it would work better. :-)
If there were a high, it could have to do with lightheadedness from blood
thinning (if taken in *massive* doses) or the placebo effect. But of
course she could very well be yanking your chain. :-)
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Joe Jefferson
When I take aspirin I just grab whatever drinkable liquid is handy to
take them with, which often means Coke. So far I've never gotten high
from the combination. No, I don't dissolve the aspirin in the Coke
first, but they do dissolve and mix together in my stomach so the result
should be the same.
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