Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Pepsi(-Cola) habit n.

also Pepsi-Cola kick
[Pepsi-Cola, a soft rather than alcoholic drink + habit n. (1)/kick n.5 (1)]

(drugs) a limited or occasional use of drugs.

[US]P. Thomas Down These Mean Streets (1970) 200: I never figured on getting hooked all the way. I was only gonna play it for a Pepsi-Cola kick.
[US](con. 1965) J. Carroll The Basketball Diaries 92: I’m gonna be fifteen soon and the summer’s ‘Pepsi-Cola’ heroin habit is tightening more and more around me. [...] A ‘Pepsi-Cola’ is a small habit, a first habit that finally sneaks up on you.
[US]ONDCP Street Terms 16: Pepsi habit — Occasional use of drugs.