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"Fine" article, my fine internet stranger.
Wrong.
Por qué no los dos, amigo?
On 17th century "cocaine"
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Re: On 17th century "cocaine"
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Perfect response. I'm chuckling, so thank you. What's also humorous to me is this entire discussion is centered around vernacular usage of a word versus the scientific definition. Cocaine is cocaine, but "cocaine" means different things to some people and not to others.
Bullshit is bullshit, but "bullshit" means different things to some people and not to others.
Which part is bullshit? The discussion, generally or the pedantic point that the active compound is the same in the various presentations people are arguing about?
Re: On 17th century "cocaine"
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I brewed tea out of the leaves and also chewed them when hiking in Peru. Stimulant level-wise it felt similar to green tea. Maybe also a slight euphoria when chewing them but it's definitely still way less potent than a coffee (atleast for me). The only interesting side effect was that both my wife and I experienced tingling feet when combining coca leaves with acetazolamide, the altitude sickness meds we were taking…
Tingling feet/toes and hands/fingers are an extremely common side-effect of acetazolamide (diamox).
Had more than few cups over the past week in Peru. Going up to Puno @4000MASL, I had the same tingling hands, I thought I developed CTS! My guess is that it had to do with swelling of the extremities? Overall I found coca tea to be slightly less stimulating than coffee, but more relaxing.