‘I’m purchasing Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in,’ Elon Musk joked, implying that he intends to buy the Atlanta drinks behemoth in order to return to the original formula, which contained 3.5mg of the drug.

Elon Musk quipped that he wants to acquire Coca-Cola to ‘put the cocaine back in,’ as he engaged in a series of back-and-forths with Twitter users as part of his $44 billion takeover of the network.
In a late-night tweet Wednesday, the wisecracking Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur joked, “Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in.”

The tweet sparked a flurry of amusing responses, including one pleading with Elon to “bring it back” and sharing an image of what appears to be one of the first publicly sold Coca-Cola bottles in 1894 – though this could not be verified and could be an image of a larger container used to serve the beverage.

Coca-original Cola’s recipe includes coca leaves, which are the source of the popular party drug cocaine.

Coca-early Cola’s bottles were thought to contain 3.5 milligrams of cocaine, a substance that stayed in the drink until the firm withdrew it nine years later.

Elon also joked with a user who wrote: ‘Now I’m going to buy McDonalds and fix all the ice cream machines…’ under Elon’s profile photo.

‘Listen, I can’t do miracles,’ said the rich businessman.

The tweet sparked a barrage of amusing replies, including one pleading with Elon to “bring it back” and sharing an image of what appears to be one of the first publicly sold Coca-Cola bottles in 1894 – though this could not be independently verified and could be an image of a larger container used to serve the drink.