ISBN 925105083X
Coca leaves Produced: Bolivia, Peru, Colombia Consumed: Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela Active ingredients: Alkaloid coca, methylecgonine cinnamate, benzoylecgonine, truxilline, hydroxytropacocaine, tropacocaine, ecgonine, cuscohygrine, dihydrocuscohygrine, nicotine and hygrine Effect: Stimulant, appetite suppressant, anesthetic Health effects: No negative effects
Archived from the original on March 14, 2007
First Nations people in the Americas have been using tobacco as a pain reliever and cure-all for thousands of years, and frequently prepared the leaves by mixing them with the mineral lime