[AnAmericanMother]

In old Atlanta (my grandfather's day) a carbonated beverage was called a "dope".

Prob cause Coca-cola was made with spent coca leaves.

[don-o]

In old Atlanta (my grandfather's day) a carbonated beverage was called a "dope". Prob cause Coca-cola was made with spent coca leaves.

I wonder if it had anything to do with the variety of patent medicines? Maybe when soft drinks first came out, folks perhaps teased each other about what this new thing actually was.

Just guessing.