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Coca is Not Cocaine; Let the Farmers Be | 21 comments (21 topical)

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That doesn't make sense (none / 0) (#2)
by katmandu on Thu May 08, 2008 at 11:30:14 AM EST
Isn't codeine from the coca leaf?
Why eradicate the plant? Why not buy it
and make cheaper pain killers from it?
Win-win situation all around.  The farmers
have a cash crop, and when supply increases,
prescription prices decrease.
Of course, I'm no pharmacist.  I may be
totally off on this.
Didn't Coca Cola have coca water in it for a
mild stimulant in its beginning?

That is just the beginning (none / 0) (#10)
by Helen8 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:14:01 PM EST
of what doesn't make sense!

God forbid anyone have physical pleasure or a buzz or pain-relief (think of poor Job, he suffered for god!) or even a mild stimulant.

Outlawing plants is really insane.

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Codeine (none / 0) (#11)
by Patrick on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:20:31 PM EST
is an opium derivative, not from the coca plant.  Coca-cola still uses de-cocanized coca leaves as a flavor for their soda.  Aside from the medical uses for cocaine (It is a schedule II controlled substance) there are legitimate reasons to produce coca plants.  

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