Before the cartels. Before the nightclub mirrors. Before the addiction headlines — there was just a boy, a leaf, and a flask. In this immersive episode of Faces Of History, Thee Duke Of New York uncovers the forgotten life of Albert Niemann — the German chemist who isolated cocaine from the Andean coca leaf, transforming medicine, vice, and the modern world forever. Buckle up for a journey through 19th-century labs, lost discoveries, and the ghost of an empire born from a single crystal.

💬 What surprised you most about Albert Niemann’s story? Do you think he foresaw the empire his crystal would build?

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