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1 posted on 02/24/2003 4:43:03 PM PST by gaucho
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To: gaucho
The President of Bolivia used to serve coca tea in the executive mansion. People at all levels of society chew it or make tea with it and come to no harm. It is only the concentrated alkaloid shipped to wealthy Americans that is truly dangerous.

Moreover, the bush is one of the hardiest and most common plants in South America. It is as common as creosote bushes in Arizona and can grow without the least care or cultivation.

Like so much of the War on (Some) Drugs, trying to eradicate coca in Bolivia is a pointless, expensive waste of time.

-ccm

2 posted on 02/24/2003 5:05:13 PM PST by ccmay
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Boliva also forces the coca growers and their adult family members to meet three time a week in the town square and consume the refined product.

Coca production would cease in about three weeks

3 posted on 02/24/2003 5:09:59 PM PST by Amerigomag
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