Cuckoo for coca leaves

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― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

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I'm living proof

― Jimmy Mod (I myself am lethal at 100 -110dB) (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

Just follow your nose.
It always knows.

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:28 (nineteen years ago)

Easy to make fun of, but coca leaves are a far, far weaker drug than cocaine and have been an integral part of Bolivian life since well into pre-Columbian times. Chewing them eases altitude sickness (among other things) and Bolivia is second only to Tibet in average altitude.

― Aimless (Aimless), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

"A coca leaf weighing 100 grams contains 18.9 calories of protein, 45.8 mg of iron, 1540 mg of calcium and vitamins A, B1, B2, E and C, which is more than most nuts, according to a 1975 study by a group of Harvard University professors."

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

A friend of mine brought coca tea bags back from Peru and I had a stiff cup a couple years ago. It was... very, very, nice. I felt alive, in direct communion with the gods, and very active. Make mine coca.

― andy --, Friday, 10 February 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

I highly doubt any coca leaf weighs 100 grams. Have you ever seen a picture of bush? The leaves are tiny.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38274000/jpg/_38274135_bbc150coca.jpg

LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES

― Director, Friday, 10 February 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

But Bolivian coca workers are 14 feet tall.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 10 February 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

som e theoretical leaf.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 February 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

according to a 1975 study by a group of Harvard University professors

"We're going to Bolivia to, uh, study the coca leaf's nutritional value. Yup. Yessiree. That's what we gonna do."

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 10 February 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

18.9 calories of protein

At 4 calories per gram of protein, this adds up to less than 5 grams of protein out of 100. OK, but hardly "more than most nuts". For example, peanuts have about 18 grams of protein per 100 grams.

― Aimless (Aimless), Friday, 10 February 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, but have you ever tried snorting them?

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

maybe they meant a "leaf" as in a large poultice formed in teh shape of a a leaf.

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Saturday, 11 February 2006 03:31 (nineteen years ago)

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