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Comrade Grumpy

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15. The pope doesn't endorse recreational drug use, but he recognizes traditional use of coca.

Reply to Helen Borg (Reply #11)

Sun Jun 28, 2015, 06:32 PM

Jun 2015

They've been using it in the Andes as an appetite-suppressant and mild stimulant for several thousand years. When chewed or taken in a tea, it's on the same level as having a cup of coffee.

White guys outlawed it in the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, but Bolivia doesn't buy into that and, in fact, explicitly rejects that part of the convention.

I've had coca leaf mojitos in La Paz, Bolivia, but I digress...

Coca isn't a problem for the indigenous Andeans. Cocaine is pretty much a white man problem in their view.

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Pope plans to chew coca leaves in Bolivia: minister [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2015 OP

Good on the pope. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #1

He probably wants to ward off altitude sickness. drm604 Jun 2015 #2

Exactly! Visited Peru...and is necessary! Hulk Jun 2015 #5

I don't think that word means what you think it means. drm604 Jun 2015 #8

Damn iPads Hulk Jun 2015 #22

You wouldn't have had that problem if you would have spelled it "oregano". Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #25

Guess I don't spend enough time in the kitchen to get that one right. Hulk Jun 2015 #27

Only reason I know is I tried to smoke it once. Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #28

On that note... Hulk Jun 2015 #29

Yeah, and that should happen in WI when heel freezes over OR we get rid of Snot Wanker. Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #30

I figured it was an autospell problem. drm604 Jun 2015 #26

Guarana is the correct spelling. alfredo Jun 2015 #14

Guano in Smart Pills. - I am thinking smarter salesperson. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2015 #17

Rabbit pellets are the original smart pills. alfredo Jun 2015 #18

Coca: popular with popes? “His Holiness THE POPE..." Alkene Jun 2015 #3

Temporarily, at least. truthisfreedom Jun 2015 #7

This is Legal? Free Trade Please! Sunlei Jun 2015 #4

Of course! a la izquierda Jun 2015 #12

but look that century old pope shoved leaves in a bottle of wine.... Sunlei Jun 2015 #13

In Peru before going up to Machu Pichu in a group the guides gave us coca tea. appalachiablue Jun 2015 #6

When you are in Rome 99th_Monkey Jun 2015 #9

Far out. bmbmd Jun 2015 #10

Why not smoke Cannabis? Helen Borg Jun 2015 #11

The pope doesn't endorse recreational drug use, but he recognizes traditional use of coca. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #15

He will probably think he can talk to God or something. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2015 #16

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2015 #19

I had some coca tea when I landed in La Paz. former9thward Jun 2015 #20

I need to party with this dude. joanbarnes Jun 2015 #21

I'd love to have seen Francis make a guest appearance in The Big Lebowski. Apparently, Joe Chi Minh Jun 2015 #23

dude, you're getting a mitre Doctor_J Jun 2015 #24