Assertion: coca plant's cocaine | /r/ObjectUse | used as medicine
Facets:
value: widely
type: DEGREE
value: to reduce appetite
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Cocaine and Opiates are Still Used as Medicine, and Stimulants are Still Used in Soda
text: The plant, however, can be grown in many parts of the world and in the early part of the twentieth century much of the cocaine used in medicine was obtained from plants grown in Asia.
text: Thus, we can confirm cocaine can be used for medicine and the Coca plant has a long history with Coca Cola.
text: When taken in the pure form, cocaine was found to be a useful medicinal drug but also highly addictive.
text: Cocaine was widely used as a medicine to reduce appetite and as a local anaesthetic until being prohibited in the US and Europe at the beginning of the 20th century.