The cooking egg in alcohol is a good visual reminder of what alcohol can do, especially to an unborn child.
I'm concerned the egg visuals may lead to a gap in reasoning.
I used to read old historical books - not books
on history, but homestead and recipe books written back in the late 1800's or early 1900's. One think I noticed was that vinegar was considered terribly unhealthy. Condiments containing vinegar were somewhat of a guilty pleasure, adults permitting themselves consumption in moderation and it was said children should never, under any circumstances, be allowed anything contianing vinegar.
Surprised by this, I did some research. If membory serves, I traced it back to a physician who was known for holding public demonstrations where he placed an egg in vinegar and everyone observed the effects. He then asserted that this is what vinegar does to your body.
Of course, we now know that isn't true, but it took several decades before the public opinion on vinegar turned around. Nowadays you'd never guess that vinegar was once thought to be unhealthy, in fact it's promoted as extremely healthful.
I used to regularly babysit a child with fetal alcohol syndrome, and it is truly horrible. However, studies show that only very excessive drinking by alcoholics results in FAS - drinking in moderation, even daily, does not.
This page has a good overview of the findings of multiple studies on the subject.
Getting back to the subject of cocaine, I found
this article particularly fascinating regarding the history of its use in soda, specifically Coke:
The new soft drink was one of many concoctions in that era containing cocaine, which was being touted as a benign substitute for alcohol. Coke, in fact, was promoted as a patent medicine, which would "cure all nervous afflictions — Sick Headache, Neuralgia, Hysteria, Melancholy, Etc. …"
...In the 1890s, however, public sentiment began to turn against cocaine, which among other things was believed to be a cause of racial violence by drug-crazed blacks. In 1903 the New York Tribune published an article linking cocaine with black crime and calling for legal action against Coca-Cola. Shortly thereafter Coke quietly switched from fresh to "spent" coca leaves (i.e., what's left over after the cocaine has been removed). It also stopped advertising Coke as a cure for what ails you and instead promoted it simply as a refreshing beverage.
History in a nutshell.
