History of Cocaine Timeline

1862		Merck produces 1/4 pound of cocaine. 2
1869		Seeds from the commercial variety of coca arrived at Kew Gardens.
1870		Vin Mariani (coca wine) is for sale throughout France, containing 6 mg cocaine per ounce of wine. Exported Vin Mariani contained 7.2 mg per ounce to compete with the higher cocaine content of American competitors. 2
1870s		Parke,Davis manufactures a fluid extract of coca. 2
1876 - 1885		Race walkers in England chew coca leaves to improve their performance. 2
1883		Merck produces 3/4 pound of cocaine. 2
1884		Cocaine's use as a local anesthetic in eye surgery is popularized. 2
1884		Freud publishes On Coca in which he recommends the use of cocaine to treat a variety of conditions including morphine addiction. 2
1884		Merck produces 3,179 pounds of cocaine. 2
1886		Merck produces 158,352 pounds of cocaine. 2
1886		Coca-Cola is first introduced by John Pemberton, containing cocaine laced syrup and caffeine.
Late 1880s		Parke,Davis starts to manufacture refined cocaine. 2
c. 1901		Coca-Cola removed coca from their formula. 2
c. 1905		Snorting cocaine becomes popular. 2
1910		First cases of nasal damage from cocaine snorting are written of in medical literature. 2
1910		First cases of nasal damage from cocaine snorting are seen in hospitals. 2

References

1 . The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs: Cocaine, A New Epidemic, by Chris-Ellyn Johanson.
2 . A Brief History of Cocaine, by Steven B. Karch
*Timeline courtesy erowid.org