[Mick]

Cool article on the changing status of coca leaf. In the not too distant future, it may be classed as a super food and coming to a store near you........maybe.

https://prohbtd.com/is-coca-leaf-the...ical-marijuana

[Phaeton]

A minor problem with the conclusion drawn by the authors.

I grow my own poppies and marijuana for self medication. The poppies cannot be abused when used in their natural unprocessed form.
Coca leaves cannot be abused for the same reasons, the amount needed to be ingested is beyond most human limits for disastrous results. Too much water will kill you, but it is difficult to get enough in the stomach quickly enough. Same principle.
Both will likely remain illegal because of the power of their refined chemicals.
I have a friend in the Matanuska Valley that grows his own Coca for self medication, also his own coffee and marijuana, one of those leftover hippies from long ago.
But I can see some greedy person planting acres of Coca and refining it for profit if cuttings were widely available.
So can the feds.

If you like fresh Jalapenos then Coca leaves will fit right in, the ashes from the fire pit neutralize the fire in the leaves, they are spicy.

[Chunkypigs]

I wish! when I visited Columbia I was unable to score any, dying to try it someday.

[St. Phatty]

I would love to try it the way the Indians did it, chewing it & going on long walks in the forest.

I think a lot of our Cannabis grow skills would come in handy with other plants

[troutman]

I grew a coca plant once. Mine was a Erythroxylum novogranatense var. novogranatense. They are not easy
to grow like Cannabis and can live for years. The soil has to be like below pH 6.0 or the plants will suffer and
eventually die. pH 5.5 being the ideal and real soil is what you want. An iron rich clay-loam is basically what
they like. The water has to be devoid of calcium also or they suffer. Rain water is the best.

Coca plants kind look like tea plants and most people including police would never know what they are.

[Slim Pickens]

I wanted to grow some myself.I lived in Se Asia where it is/was native,but even mentioning looking for anything like this would get you fingered as a dealer.

Hard part is getting a plant,or seed that is viable.

[coldcanna]

Originally Posted by Slim Pickens

I wanted to grow some myself.I lived in Se Asia where it is/was native,but even mentioning looking for anything like this would get you fingered as a dealer.

Hard part is getting a plant,or seed that is viable.

Good point, any Maggers know where to get this type of seed?

[Tudo]

I had the great fotune back in the 70's to be invited to visit the local grow so to speak on an island that is Colombian , San Andres off the coast of Nicaragua, and they had what looked like a worm gear mounted on a tree stump and were grinding away sugar cane and coca which was in a sort of juice that dripped into a gallon jug and since I was the welcomed guest from up yonder, I was handed the jub 1st to drink from and all I can say is I've never had anything else like it

[Easy7]

There was a website that sold seedlings in a tube or seeds. The are not viable very long.

I see zero problems with coca leaf. But yep, someone would make a cocaine extract sooner or later. It's just not very viable to grow it here. Yields poorly for extraction indoors and outdoors not enough UV for potent leaf and the climate just ain't perfect.

Very high in calcium. Kratom leaf is my preferred method of use. Zero side effects from chewing on kratom leaf. Have had coca tea and didn't care for it. Perhaps chewing on a leaf would be different?

I don't think any plant/fungi should be illegal in it's natural form. Obviously pure extracts are different. Aside from cannabis extracts, which are perfectly safe and not harmful.

[Smug_Pepe]

Shrooms and Poppy FTW