Most interesting.

So the consensus among the post-pubescent was that there was something magical about the combination of aspirin and Coca-Cola. (In my experience, no other brand was believed to work.)

Why on earth? The alleged "cocaine" component of Coke was never mentioned in connection with this. In fact, I can only recall it \as a "fun fact." "Did you know that Coke has cocaine in it?! Why do you think it's called 'Coke.' The government lets them get away with it!"

No reason for governmental indulgence was ever given or even asked for. And nobody claimed that drinking Coca-Cola in general would trigger the "cocaine" effect. The cocaine was supposedly just there.

Also weird. More like one-up-manship ("I know more than you do!") than anything else.

Or maybe it implied that if Coke contained coke, coke couldn't be bad for you.