Phoenix Cocaine Addiction - Traces of Cocaine Found in Red Bull

Phoenix Cocaine Addiction - The maker of the Red Bull energy drink, GmbH, is under fire after traces of cocaine were found in the soft drink in Germany.

After authorities found trace amounts of cocaine in the drink, they started pulling Red Bull Simply Cola off of shelves. A study by German state Northrhine Westfalia was released on May 19 and confirmed that the cola contained small amounts of cocaine.

The amounts found in the soda were too small to be addictive or harmful. However, the amounts were enough to qualify Red Bull as a hypercaffeinated beverage and a narcotic as defined by German law.

Red Bull isn't the first soft-drink maker to use coca to flavor its drinks. Infamously, Coca Cola did the same thing in the early 1900s until the practice was outlawed in the U.S.