Coca's Early European Use
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•Mummified brains show cocaine arrived in Europe far earlier than we thought
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Two mummified brains show evidence of coca's active components in mummies found in a crypt near a 17th century hospital in Milan , Italy .
Experts believe the bodies belonged to poorer people who may have used coca leaves for its appetite suppressing side effects.
The study authors don’t currently know much more about how popular the plant was at the time or if they used more for medicine or recreation.
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