Check your understanding of the history of cocaine by matching the names on the left with the identifications on the right. Some identifications may not match up with any names.

Question

A. Angelo Mariani
B. John Pemberton
C. William Halstead
D. Sigmund Freud
E. Ernst von Fleischl- Marxow
F. Ciba-Geigy
G. German Chemists
H. Pharmaceutical company Smith, Kline and French Laboratories
I. Alfred Niemann
J. Stepan Company

Answer 1

A. Promoter of a popular cocoa-laced wine.
B. Developer of Coca-Cola, originally containing cocaine.
C. Co-founder of John Hopkins Medical School.
D. Early advocate of cocaine use; originator of psychoanalysis.
E. Friend of Sigmund Freud; first documented case of cocaine psychosis.
F. Wrote pharmacies warning them to exert greater control over Ritalin tablets, which was in response to reports that Ritalin was becoming a drug of abuse among young people.
G. Isolated the active ingredient of mahuang in 1887, naming it ephedrine.
H. Marketed a synthetic form of ephedrine called amphetamine under the brand name Benzedrine as a nonprescription CNS stimulant appetite suppressant and bronchial dilator.
I. Observed a drug's anesthetic effect on his tongue and its bitter taste and named it "cocaine."
J. Legally sanctioned by the U.S. government, receives coca leaf shipments from Peruvian coca farms, and makes about 1,750 kilograms of high quality cocaine.