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DOES COKE MAKE IT REAL?

Peru's Drug Czar claims Coca-Cola buys tons of coca leaf every year, while the nation's cocaleros gain ground in their ongoing battle to grow their sacred crop.

by Peter Gorman

Wed, Nov 16, 2005 3:53 pm

more: news exclusive

Story & photos by Peter Gorman

After more than two decades of steady opposition to US-backed coca eradication in Peru, the traditional coca growers in the Peruvian highlands (known as cocaleros) may finally see their efforts rewarded with an opportunity to industrialize their sacred leaf for nondrug purposes—the central goal of a struggle that has transformed these impoverished native farmers into a potent political force. Along the way, the cocaleros report that coca-eradication projects attempting to destroy their one sustainable crop condemn them to poverty, while crop-substitution programs—generally pineapples, coffee or bananas—have mostly failed because the mountainous soil is not right for those crops, or because the infrastructure doesn’t exist to get them to market in a timely fashion, or because there simply was no demand. A matter of life and death for the indigenous farmers involved, the conflict has often turned violent. As recently as June, at least 20 policemen and cocaleros died in a bloody confrontation over coca eradication in southern Peru.

Over the years, the dead have numbered in the thousands.

And while an official government okay to manufacture industrial products made from the coca leaf remains just out of reach, a recent written comment by the Peruvian drug czar has led three of the country’s coca-cultivating regions to legalize such production, while also apparently answering once and for all the oft-asked question of whether or not Coca-Cola uses coca leaves to make its soft drinks. In January 2005, Nils Ericsson, president of the National Commission for Life and Development Without Drugs (DEVIDA), issued a 10-point statement intended to clarify the country’s position on the commercialization and industrialization of the coca leaf—a contentious issue in a country where more than a million farmers make their living off the plant. In point No. 5, Ericsson wrote: “Coca-Cola, the globally recognized soft drink manufacturer, buys 115 tonnes of coca leaf from Peru and 105 tonnes from Bolivia per year, with which it produces, without alkaloids, 500 million bottles of soda per day.”

The comment—first picked up outside Peru by the Narco News Bulletin — has been roundly ignored by the American press, even after it prompted a string of significant victories for the cocaleros. Shortly after the tragic event in June, and in direct response to it, the governor of the state of Cuzco (Peru’s leading tourist destination, with both the city of Cuzco and the fabled lost Incan city of Machu Picchu within its boundaries) lifted the ban on new coca planting in the state, hinting that if the leaves were good enough for Coca-Cola, they should be good enough for other uses as well. The action immediately brought threats of federal intervention from the Peruvian capital of Lima, but the governor, not to be bluffed, responded that he would simply call for Cuzco’s independence from Peru if the intervention materialized.

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Cherry Hill NJ personal trainer

Feb 13 2012, 10:52 am

Author, Shoot yourself a knee..!!

jayson

May 18 2009, 10:31 am

siram san coke

late commer

Jan 17 2009, 2:31 am

wonder from nov 2005 had a good question

chuck

Nov 20 2007, 6:26 pm

Completely dissove leaves in slightly acidic water,filter, discard filtrate, then add base (NaOH) to the filtered solution to bring PH to about 9. Extract the free base in the aqueous solution with an organic solvent, separate the organic layer from the aqueous layer using separatory funnel. Mix dilute aqueous HCL with organic layer (resulting mix should have PH of about 3.5). Seperate, and collect water layer.Repeat aqueous acidic extraction several times ( the more thorough the better,)until all of the cocaine salt should be removed from the organic phase, and discard the organic layer.The water remaining should have all of the cocaine from the leaves in it and is ready for the crystallization procedure of your choice.This treatment is the same as any first year organic chemistry course would teach. I am sure that Coca cola uses an entirely different (patented) process, so as not to(as this previous process definately would) render unfit for human consumption anything but the final crystallized cocaine.Probably similar to the way in which caffeine is removed from the coffee bean in decaffeinated coffee.

Peruano

Sep 30 2007, 4:16 am

1: Over 90% of coca leaf grown in Peru is used ilegally. Yes, it's a traditional product to chew, and production for chewing, making mate, etc, is legal; but that still leaves 90,000 tons a year.

2: Most ilegal coca growing takes place in regions that only started farming it on a large scale since the USA (along with Europe, Australia, Brazil, etc) started creating a huge demand for cocaine. Levels of cultivation vary heavily year on year depending on demand and production in other countries (mainly Bolivia and Colombia, which, incidentally, is a word that doesn't have the letter "u" in it)

3: Coke is not "Peru's number one money maker". Peru stands to make at least $10 billion from mineral exports this year, and well under one billion (estimates range $300m - $600m) from cocaine.

duh

Apr 2 2007, 7:45 am

coca-cola is still flavored with a form of coca that has no cocain in it, or has been drained of it.There actually are quiet a few products with coca in them... I found an article on it once, and i wish I had it book marked.

always high

Mar 9 2007, 10:39 pm

they should make very drug le. the whole world is still going to hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

R2D2

May 18 2006, 3:43 pm

...the dude has to be cool,jaja...

Jason

Apr 27 2006, 7:39 pm

Your bold unsubstantiated claim that hundreds of foods are flavored with coca raises questions. Please indicate which other foods ouside the central Andes (if Coca Cola even still does)contain coca and how you know that for a fact. Until then, I call your bluff.

Neldogg

Feb 18 2006, 5:19 pm

Should of left the coca in the coca cola. yeah!!!!

Coke Zero

Feb 16 2006, 12:19 pm

crazy. got any links?

Coca is NATURAL FLAVORS

Feb 16 2006, 12:16 pm

It's true. Look how many foods have the ingredient "natural flavor" listed. Anytime you see that, it could be a product that contains flavoring from the coca / cocaine plant. No cause for alarm, it's totally safe. It is hidden under jargon and protected under "natural flavor" so as to not upset people who might mistakenly connect it to "drugs".

The reason no company advertises "we use natural flavoring from the same plant that cocaine comes from!" is obvious!

1) It is the same reason foods advertised as flavored with "marijuana" are banned. Not because of the ingredients, but because it advertises that word.

2) By law, no company in the world falling under global trade laws (except Coca-Cola) can advertise that they use flavoring from the cocaine plant, even though so many do. No one wants to lose the ability to use the cheap and valuable flavors that come from the coca/cocaine plant's leaves. In the interest of human interests, no one wants to encourage a bad habit either. Even in an oblique way.

Coca, and cocaine have a longer and more officially documented history of research and use than marijuana. It's uses in food and drinks are protected by deep layers of complex laws and never talked about in the open, or advertised.

There could be something for marijuana advocates to learn from how coca is legally bought/sold/used/consumed by the USA.

Coke Zero

Feb 16 2006, 11:55 am

hundreds more foods in the USA are flavored with the cocaine plant besides cocacola??? hundreds of foods? ..... like what else?
if this is true, why would anyone be upset with marijuana-flavored candy if it has no THC?

Coca is NATURAL FLAVOR

Feb 16 2006, 11:45 am

By the way:

coca = the name of a raw leaf native to South America that by nature contains vitamins, a variety of flavor, and cocaine.

cocoa = a bean native to Africa that chocolate comes from, which contains caffeine.

Coca-Cola is not the only company that uses flavoring from the coca plant.

The coca plant is one of the most flavorful plants on the planet.

Once the coca arrives at the only legal coca processing facility in the United States (in New Jersey), it goes through a perfected process to remove the natural flavorings. The byproduct of this is cocaine, which is sold to pharmaceutical companies.

That leaves the 14 flavor essences and safe, decocainized coca leaf.

The 14 flavor essences are separated out and sold to soft drink and food companies.

The flavor goes into hundreds of different varieties of foods Americans eat.

Some of the flavors have special names to keep people from understanding where the flavor comes from.

The FDA then further allows masking of the fact by allowing the coca flavoring to be lumped under the ingredient listing "Natural Flavors".

Imagine that. Not only Coca-Cola, but literally HUNDREDS of food products are purported to be flavored with decocainized coca leaf flavoring.

It's totally safe, but because of the continous drug war, it has to remain hidden under several layers of information so as to not alarm the public.

Also, no one can use the word "coca" in advertising except Coca-Cola (the lone exception).

Any company under US jurisdiction by law cannot say they use flavoring from the cocaine plant, even though hundreds of companies besides Coca-Cola do.
They have to use the name of the individual coca flavor they're using when filing with the FDA, which then gives them permission to put it under the "Natural Flavor" in the government's nutrition/ingredient label.

Smokinthe good shit

Feb 10 2006, 1:27 pm

Boy that sure does bring a whole new meaning to the "Real Thing " doesn't..

Zoroaster

Feb 1 2006, 12:45 pm

wow! that was so brilliant, i'll be clapping till i fucking die! wow, space complimented by a simple asterisk. creative, yet still a dumbass thing to do! yay!

Zoroaster

Jan 26 2006, 2:00 pm

what jessica said back there was pretty true, but the problem isn't weed, it's where people choose to put energy and time. most folks dislike school, most go through some sort of teenage rebellion, and that usually is at a combined time and place. people place no emphasis on brain expansion, so it's left to rot with or without weed. at least with the smoke you're having a better time while not using your head.

i've found that if any activity is pursued, physical, tactile or mental, while under the influence, the only thing that happens is brain expansion. if you know how your body reacts to chemical substance, and you can figure out how to work with it, possibly control it, you are granted even more ability when you're not fucked up!

tom

Jan 21 2006, 5:16 pm

pcp sux--- coca tea #1

tom

Jan 21 2006, 5:15 pm

test

A.R.T

Jan 20 2006, 3:04 am

Coke is Peru's #1 money maker..it will never stop..coke is feeding my peruvian people..VIVA PCP!!!

intercityvisionary

Jan 7 2006, 6:10 pm

the total hypocristy of the united states and the so-called racist fascist drug laws..locking up people and making a hugh profit at the tax payer expense..when the people lead the leaders will follow. Apathy is death or at least imprisonment.

going democratic

Jan 3 2006, 1:11 pm

to a crooked regime that won't give up their post.

you know

Jan 3 2006, 1:08 pm

fighting republicans w/a democracy won't work, its like giving in

Nikan

Dec 28 2005, 11:02 pm

When enough of us stand up and proclaim our rights.

Nikan

Dec 28 2005, 11:00 pm

Yes, I do to!

OtHeRSiDe

Dec 27 2005, 11:44 am

hey anybody read that old bushy hear can gain access to your bills, online/ where youve been and what your looking at, and canything else he and the feds what to??? | HAHAHA!!! i LOVE being freee!! dont you???

p.s. can we all just get off out stoned asses and FIGHT FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT!!!!

fuck bush and hes asshole country..... GODS LAND IS BETTER!!!!

*smile*

peace be with you

Aztec Lee

Dec 26 2005, 2:25 am

Give the COLUMBIANS back there culture .USA has done enuogh damage to the world when will this madness ever stop.

RedDns

Dec 25 2005, 10:03 pm

First I am very shocked how good everyone is informed when they shouting some crab.

Coca cola recieves real cocaleaves. But these leaves a first decocanized.
So there whil get no alcolides in the coca cola.
But the Mate tee our rum with coceleaves (3 monts) gives the real ful 9 alcolides that are in Coca leaves.
One of them is cocaine.
Only a few .000%
The other 8 alcolides a very special for al kind of things.
In 1870 the pope was drinking Vin de Mariani.
Boredaux wine with an cocaleaves alcohol extract.
This was in Europe a drunken by almoast everyone.
Why it stopped? Must be the the fucking Americans rules on cocaine stop.
I to hate cocaine users but not that stuppid as most here to be begative about the cocaleaves. A plant of God and not some synthetic produces poison as cocaine is.

!Viva El Per�!

Dec 21 2005, 10:59 am

Coca leafs are not bad and they are a traditional Indian crop and product to be chewed or used in mate (herbal infusion) and for ritual purposes, too. And they are perfectly legal in Per�... There is even coca processing industry in Lima...

guatemalan girl

Dec 14 2005, 11:53 am

The plant they make coke out of is Erithoxilon coca, but coca cola uses Erithroxilon novogranadensii, which belongs to the same family, but has no alkaloids.

Anyway coke is bad but weed is good!

full-grown fetus

Dec 14 2005, 10:59 am

jessica sucks a big fat donkey dick and it is right wing, ignorant fucks like her why our country (USA) is in the situation we are in today.
- Stay Irie

pothead

Dec 14 2005, 2:54 am

i'm a vegetarian... i only smoke weed...
(pinoy ako)

RecDude

Dec 13 2005, 6:59 pm

[i]Sorry about the double post folks.[/i]

Tobacco was given as a portion of the meal ration to U.S. troops at one time.
Now the costs of treating the addiction, and debilitation from nicotine such uses are outrageous. The U.S govenment wishes to collect money against future health claims in the form of payroll deductions, or Medicare but they then wishe to deny culpability when a person is sick with cancer from the tobacco use. The same process happens with companies.

Soldiers were drafted against their will and exposed to many toxic substances, thus shortening their lives.

The gov. response is to thus far limit/deny reperations for [b]any[/b] exposure to compounds that they wish to regulate or distribute.

Let's be Frank? (Or Bob). If the lawyers of the one remaining Super Power decide that they wish to restrict the use of the coca leaf and only apply it for medicinal or (restricited) commercial use then ........

A bunch of native peoples will either starve or move.

-RecDude

Vetterans unite

Dec 13 2005, 10:45 am

What about the fact that the U.S. government gave our 18 year old infantry men in WWII & vietnam & all other wars in the last 70 years speed, LSD, Marijuana and herion plus even more harmful drugs that kill your kidneys like narcotic anelgesic's with tylenol, just give them non-aspirin/ tylenol in large enough quantities to kill the kidney's but not the pain. The FDA has got Doctors running scared to write any opiate prescriptions. And how about the need for cocaine for eye surgery.

sumdumgoy

Dec 13 2005, 10:31 am

why not let the geeverment, U.S., England or any other country for that matter oppress the poor even more, and let it kill our chilgren. It makes to damn much sense to legalize it, then control it and tax it. Oh yeah, I forgot, all governments in the world make to much $ by selling it themselves, right Oliver North. Line those pockets, the rich get richer and the poor get more oppressed. Even God was against oppressing the poor!

RecDude

Dec 13 2005, 2:18 am

The above article just reinforces my belief in the U.S. corporate manipulation of the lives of poor people all over the world. :(
Trying to replace coca farming with coffee, or banana production, is just a way of controling the land and production processes of the poor farmers. By forcing them to produce something that is already in abundance and thus has no viable market, then they are trying to take their land. If they can't sell their government mandated crop then they will either starve or sell their land for next to nothing.

In the U.S. they are trying to destroy the production of tobacco, and in S. America it's coca and marijuana. The thing that really gets me though is the U.S. government really has no business in telling another sovereign country what it may or may not produce. If a country stands up to the U.S. feds then their government is declared to be "leftist" and "communist". This then sets the stage for a coup which will install a right wing government willing to kowtow to the U.S. government, and by proxy American businesses.

This process has been going on for many years. Where I live corn was the only major product that could be grown (other than tobacco). The surplus of corn was such that many turned it into liquor (moonshine) to sell, in order to feed their families. The liquor was outlawed, and the people imprisioned.
The same thing is happening in Peru. It's about control. The feds are afraid that if they allow the poor people a chance to produce their own product for consumption, or sale, then they will be less likely to work producing other things, or for other companies. Including coca-cola. They can produce a crop that generates wealth for the family or tribe.

Killing people for growing a native plant is wrong.
Poisoning millions with caffeine and high fructose corn syrup must be OK though.

Just my 2 cents.

sup

Dec 12 2005, 10:29 pm

coca cola uses coca leaves.
The drug test they perform only tests for the alkaloids, which are removed.

mmm...sing it clapton...

Dec 12 2005, 5:13 pm

yo...i kno at one point the CIA pumped cocaine into everyday US life...including that of coca-cola. after a few yrs and many ruined lives, they began making yayo illegal. altho, for one, no drug should be illegal, people just need to learn to b more responsible with them. dont abuse guys! and second...i bet anything that coca-cola corporation still filters in cocaine into their product, but not in the US. mayb other countries, like those of south america where altho most parts are still illegal, the crop grows free. i dunno...just speaking my peace while im still coked out

Anti-Gravity Girl

Dec 11 2005, 10:49 pm

Rush rush to the yayo! Coca-Cola did at one time contain coca before it became illegal in the U.S., slogan was "the little pick me up". South American slaves were rationed coca leaves to chew, kept their appetites down and their energy up. Try having dental work done without cocaine baesd drugs! No one should be allowed to tell me what I can or cannot put in my body!

someguy

Dec 11 2005, 4:35 pm

cokalicious

someguy

Dec 11 2005, 4:34 pm

awesome

yo hip2bsquare

Dec 11 2005, 2:31 pm

looks good on you
LOOOOOSEERRR!

Bad motor skooter

Dec 11 2005, 3:39 am

High hey i love weed drank 2 case's of coca cola this afternoon and i feel fine!!!! thank you nor cal centrl oreg Ha!Ha!Ha!!! the bad motor sskooter has spoken

wtbakmxican

Dec 11 2005, 1:56 am

well i really doubt that cocaine is in coca cola the fact is i am on probation and i drink coke everyday and every monday out of the week i have to report to my probation officer and i always come out clean

Bambu

Dec 10 2005, 8:55 pm

Lets not forget that Vicente Fox, the Mexican president....is also the former president of coca cola. Sounds Cheney/Haliburton-ish

jesica

Dec 10 2005, 8:07 pm

is a scuzzy bitch

BaKeD in WI

Dec 10 2005, 7:28 pm

Cocaine is BADD news...And Jessica is RIGHT!

Nikan

Dec 10 2005, 7:22 pm

Sup, Since when have they?

too much 4 U

Dec 10 2005, 2:22 pm

I can't believe high times removed my post. Sounds like they are republican censors.

sup

Dec 9 2005, 11:22 pm

Wow, mcdonalds is serving how many? No wonder there cokes are so addicting.
Why is the usa against columbia for then? Makes no sense, yet washington dc never makes sense.

stoned assassin

Dec 9 2005, 1:01 pm

I KNEW IT! No wonder its so addicting

Wee Earl

Dec 7 2005, 3:43 am

Cannabis good Cocaine bad

american_stripper

Dec 6 2005, 2:07 pm

weed is a miracle narcotic
ALCOHOL KILLED YOUR BABY

Bologna Shark

Dec 6 2005, 12:08 pm

Jessica don't you know that smoking a little substance called marijuana is good for you maybe not the brain but for the soul.......

jessica sucks

Dec 5 2005, 10:51 pm

screw you jessica

Jessica

Dec 5 2005, 10:36 pm

All of you sound like idiots. If anyone doesn't believe that pot will rot your brain all they have to do is read your comments.

noni

Dec 5 2005, 10:07 pm

let the poor fucking indians
grow the damm stuff,cause believe me they need to because thats all they know,see?

Rupedog

Dec 5 2005, 12:33 pm

Uh, hate to tell you this kids but there is WAY worse stuff in Coca-Cola then Coca leaves. And there is way worse stuff in the manufactured foods that America eats every day.

Wee Earl

Dec 4 2005, 5:52 am

A study was done on high altitude workers that sucked on coca leaves through out the day.The leaf sucking allowed more oxygen to get into the blood stream.Coca leaf in it's natural form can be benificial.So maybe a little bit of that leaf in Coke-a-Cola is good for you?
*woo wooo*

kottonmouthking007

Dec 4 2005, 3:56 am

do what cha do,,, don't hate,,,,then again,,, cocaine is a hell of a drug. ah fuck it,,, do what ya do.

pplease

Dec 3 2005, 11:48 pm

hightimes is getting worse and worse.

please, try to use the medium at your dispense and the people you reach via it, in a way that benefits everyone. i guess you are just trying to help or expand a perspective, but give me some kind of relation to a theme, fucking coca leaves? this is hardly any kinda news, more like a propaghanda to fill a personal bias.

duhh

Dec 3 2005, 9:44 pm

the locals of south america use coca leaves for an energizing tea, its almost like a natural caffeine but not as intense. I drank the tea every day while i was studying in ecudor. only the first few times do you really feel any kind of rush...kinda like chugging a red bull

ronniebake

Dec 3 2005, 12:49 am

A book "Sugar Blues" published in early seventies mentions this fact. Also saw it on a cover of a magazine in the sixties.

ronniebake

Dec 3 2005, 12:47 am

I saw a magazine circa 1965 that only ran a couple of years. It had an issue that showed every ingredient in Coca Cola. I believe it mentioned extractive of coca leaf. For sure a book published in early 1970's "Sugar Blues" about why sugar is bad for you mentioned that Coca Cola had a flavoring made from coca leaves. The author alluded that we might not trust whether it had some of the drugs attributes. I don't think so.

ronniebake

Dec 3 2005, 12:42 am

First time on site. I don't believe this shit. You people are crazy!

HungryMan

Dec 3 2005, 12:34 am

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�sSs�

Dec 2 2005, 4:45 pm

mARS is on!

mizzrubyjane

Dec 2 2005, 2:33 pm

wat happened to all the STONY days...why can't we all get along!!!!

elfonquete420

Dec 2 2005, 2:18 pm

Don't be a stupid stoner! Increase the peace! Educate, reinstate, legalize!! We are all of the earth, FREE US!!!

ganja man

Dec 1 2005, 7:31 pm

I agree with yuppy.I especially like the bible quotes.Right on!!!!!!

Wads worth the Custodian

Nov 30 2005, 10:15 pm

My balls are the size of grapefruits

yuppy

Nov 30 2005, 7:11 pm

we really need more folks who know something about the english language to post. most of those i see are quite annoying and give no real information or opinion. personal "attacks" seem to be the focus here instead of the real thing. frankly, the fact that anyone in power in south america who has the cajones to tell the truth is very special. for years, coca-cola has refused the idea that the corporate name is based on the coca plant. i'm quite surprised that the U.S. government allows them to use the leaf for anything at all when hemp seeds are denied entry into the U.S. from Canada even when roasted. FREEDOM OF RELIGION: Genesis 1:29 I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. Genesis 1:30 and to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-everything that has the breath of life in it-i give every green plant for food. and it was so.

GHANDI BONES from okc

Nov 30 2005, 3:40 pm

this be the one with the punch lines for your mindz the one who could snort the whole world up my nose if you just gimmy a straw yet anyway you all do not know what really makes good times is a bottle of coke and a hand rolled fatty

slingerbinger

Nov 30 2005, 3:20 pm

cook coke make shit

bahtakaka

Nov 30 2005, 1:19 pm

i got 15 dollars in my poket for a G.. dam too much money for a small smoke. i also have a big and tiny knife.

Rainy

Nov 29 2005, 5:51 pm

Thanks guys,

You just reminded me why I quite smoking.

Drew Curtis from FARK

Nov 29 2005, 5:47 pm

Well I'm Drew Curtis, and I've got bitches galore, you may have a lot of bitches but I've got much more

the_sentinel

Nov 29 2005, 3:25 pm

seekerofattention....I mean truth....you truly are gullible. I feel sorry for you.

seekeroftruth

Nov 29 2005, 1:22 pm

If you don't believe something fishy went down on 9/11 then your the one thats unintelligent, uninformed and pathetic. www.911proof.com

loserville

Nov 29 2005, 12:49 pm

Anyone who actually thinks Bush allowed/helped 9/11 go down need to get their head out of their ass. And the rest of you unintelligent/apathetic/ uninformed bleeding heart liberals quit your whining and look a bit deeper than the soundbites you base your opinions on...My 2 Cents. Now get out and sow the sead. Peace.

High Times Moron

Nov 29 2005, 12:44 pm

I suck

Motor Scooter

Nov 29 2005, 12:36 pm

S.A kiks Farks gay ass

Anon

Nov 29 2005, 12:35 pm

Ha, I posted a reply, hu hu hu

GWB

Nov 29 2005, 9:53 am

coke is good, it's my strategery. just like i took down those WTC buildings in NYC to keep you people under my thumb. Are you proud of me, daddy?

Drew

Nov 29 2005, 9:47 am

Here's a little shout out to all of you pro-bush republican assholes who post on Fark. You all suck. D.A.R.E. to keep Bush off Coke. And legalize weed. Fark you very much.

Drew

Nov 29 2005, 9:22 am

FARK SUCKS. I HATE AMERICA. I LOVE TEH GEY.

Drew

Nov 29 2005, 9:21 am

I like boys. I really, really love Jeff the moderator. He's farkin' fantastic in the sack.
I like it when he sniffs cocaine off me bum.

Jack

Nov 29 2005, 8:54 am

Death to drugs.

MATERED

Nov 28 2005, 8:58 pm

SMOKE SOME DOPE AND CHILL OUT. DO SOME COKE AND WATCH THE SUN COME UP. SMOKE SOME CRACK AND SELL YOUR CAR. SMOKE SOME METH AND SELL YOUR KIDS. SHOOT SOME HEROIN AND WATCH THE DAISY'S GROW.

if i c i murk g

Nov 28 2005, 4:45 pm

4 show

trustafarian

Nov 28 2005, 2:19 pm

In the 70's coke's song was "it's the real thing".Peruvian women are smoking crazy hot.

tweeked out

Nov 28 2005, 1:42 pm

cocain is an allout good time

THE PLANT CITY BUD GURU

Nov 28 2005, 1:37 pm

Ive done coke before,hell ive even smoked crystal meth and i can tell you first hand,weed is all you need!the other stuff is all bullshit.put down the crank and inhale some dank!i have spoken,thank you bitches!

old school

Nov 28 2005, 5:54 am

The cocoa leaf has been and is continued to be used in coca cola production. It is the original receipe. I understand that the cola in the US is different though that the extract is not allowed to be used. when i drank coke in Asia and the phillipines it taste different, and Is definatly more addictive. Ylu drink one and HAVE TO have another!
The coke at Mcdonalds is in syrup form and mixed in the machine. The tendancy here is to make a 'stronger than bottled' coke. You get more syrup thats why its different.

cheba

Nov 28 2005, 1:35 am

Why is coke from mac donalds so much better than anywhere else that serves it. Mc.D's coke is a totally different taste than canned and bottled coke. Mc.D's taste is much more addictive.

chebaboygan WI

Nov 28 2005, 1:26 am

A funny story about a cop staeling from our parking meters off duty, and another one caught stealing barely 18 porn mags from a closed business while on duty. A private detecive agency set up a hidden camera, and they busted the officer at the station with a brief case full of stollen porn mags.

Giancarlo

Nov 27 2005, 12:33 pm

First off... for the question of cocaine in coca-cola, no there isn't cocaine in coca-cola. The coca leaf is used in coca-cola, but that doesn't make it cocaine. The leaf must be processed first in order to get cocaine.

I think that if the coca-cola company can use coca for other things that aren't cocaine, then so can anyone else.

A study should be done and the benefits of the coca leaf should then be determined once and for all. In Cuzco, travelers are given a coca tea to help aleviate the affects of the thin air in the Andean mountains. That doesn't mean people are getting high off the tea, therefore making it a very beneficial product.

I support the Cocaleros of Peru, and hope that soon things will improve for them. Heads of state shouldn't be so close minded about "drugs".

Denny Zen

Nov 26 2005, 9:37 pm

Keep it green and live!
Cocaine is a lie!
put it in your lungs and not in your veins!

lize

Nov 25 2005, 12:56 pm

terror is controlled by a centralized dictatorial government that establishes its base in economic growth. we turn a blind eye to our governments tactics to control the intake in a gang-like control resulting in criminalizing a product we use as a whole!

1TokeChoke

Nov 23 2005, 5:38 pm

I love smoking weed in the winter at night. The moon light shinez on the snow with a pink color. Then when you get the munchies you can eat the snow!
My fave is just put a lil choco milk on the snow and slurp it up on the side walk mmmmmmmmm!

uhh hummm

Nov 23 2005, 5:32 pm

excuse me? i thought i just herd you say you were high.

lady daze

Nov 23 2005, 5:29 pm

my friend just dropped her CD player on the ice then she fell trying to pick it up and a BIG bud fell outta her poket!

WONDER

Nov 23 2005, 11:00 am

WHERE DOES COCA COLA STORE THESE UNUSED ALKLOIDS

excokeheadbudsmoker

Nov 22 2005, 11:26 pm

I think everyone should stop killin and just get high.Thankyou

mummytoo

Nov 22 2005, 3:18 pm

ROTOR!!!

Nugget40

Nov 22 2005, 12:49 pm

They still use coca leaves in coke for the flavor. You dont get any cocaine like effect beacause to make cocaine the leaves are broken down and the alkaloids are extracted and made into a thick paste then dried. they dont do all that just use the regular leaves for flavor

Time Machine Junkie

Nov 22 2005, 2:19 am

Take Coke back to 1905 FUCK PEPSI!!!

Space Mouse

Nov 22 2005, 2:16 am

Sorry, thought it was your hit. My bad, forgive me.

Puphina Purple Da Nugz Rasta!

Todd

Nov 22 2005, 2:15 am

Yo Mouse! Hit this fucking thing before I kick your fuckin ass!!!!

Now where's my soda.

YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES YOU GOT ME PEPSI!!!

Space Mouse

Nov 22 2005, 2:12 am

Cool * moshes vigourously* Beavis and Butthead are on. DANT-DANT-DATN- DANT- DA-DA-DANT!!!!

Bushmon Hatah

Nov 20 2005, 9:07 pm

Hell they should have a 21+ coca cola the REAL thing. nothing wrong with a little coke now and again. also want to buy Snoop Dogg blunts featuring the Cronik, Maybe ZigZag Dude Pre Rolleds. Bong Fuel. damn theres a big market out there. Bush stop selling Heroin and let us have our Weed.

anon

Nov 20 2005, 5:46 pm

my last thought just made me have another one....if someone thinks coca-cola has an illicit substance in it, why cant they just put the rumors to rest and do a chemical analysis. i dont think the FDA would let coca cola put real laeves in there...it would never pass the board..and if it did, alot of people will loose their jobs ;)

anon

Nov 20 2005, 4:23 pm

i dunno....now adays it seems like its faster and more efficient to manufacture artificial ingredients for use in junky food(which i love, dont get me wrong)....i mean, look at soda...even though real sugar makes it taste better, they all use corn syrup...why? because its cheaper and easier to process corn, than to import sugar....i dunno...i think if coca-cola wanted to make an addicting drink, it would be easier and less traceable doing it here in the country somewhere with chemicals....not coke...whatever. BLAZE IT;)

BUTTHEAD

Nov 19 2005, 3:34 pm

you dumbass....huh huh huh... beavis does that you scrotal muncher, uh huh huh huh huh....dumbass...

BEAVIS
heh heheh, yea! dumbass...heh heh

BUTTHEAD
uh huh huh, shut up beavis!(SLAP)

Butt Head

Nov 19 2005, 12:17 pm

Corn holyooooooo oh CornoooHolyooooo he he HoleeeeeeeeeOOOOOOO eh eh oh corno holyoooooo he he

the DUDE

Nov 18 2005, 6:51 pm

I always wondered why I crave a Coke after doing "Certain" things. :) Coke always adds to my mood. And I've noticed that alot of ex addicts drink tons of soda (kate moss now reportedly always drinks tons of coke)

Coca leaves

Nov 18 2005, 4:59 pm

"I pledge BIG BUD'S to the HIGH TIMES Magazine of the United States of America and to the stoners for which it stands, on PLANT uner GOD, resonated Glands, with blood shot eye's And Big Bud's for all"

E Pluribus UNUM
"From many, One"

SSS

Nov 18 2005, 2:35 pm

I love Coca cola it has a very uniqe taste and I am glad that Coca cola still today Buy's Coca but how can you get rid of the "akliodes" that seems kind of weird they made at first for a medicine now we enjoy it as a "Softdrink"

Beavis and Butthead

Nov 18 2005, 3:57 am

That guy is taking a poop !

mummy

Nov 17 2005, 8:52 pm

You're in the Pepsi Generation and I'm a pimply freak.

madwilbury

Nov 17 2005, 7:59 pm

Taste better than beer...you must be high.

Toke-a -Kola

Nov 17 2005, 11:36 am

When there's no tweak left you dry up the coke and smoke the residue! Free Willy
Go Willy Go

anon

Nov 17 2005, 10:37 am

the fermintation of cannabis buds into an alcoholic brew has been around for a while. hops after all, have a lot in common with bud...not chemicaly, but they both have elements which cause drowziness...i once found a site on the net,(ill try to find it again) where 2 guys used their store bought brewing kit(cheap, like 60$) and all they did was use buds instead of some of the other ingredients....i bet it would taste good...better than beer at least.

stonebox

Nov 17 2005, 2:25 am

...grab a canna-cola today!

Cokehazed

Nov 17 2005, 2:07 am

If I come up with a new drink that uses marijuana in the recipe then it must be legal to sell the drink. if Coke can do it then so will I.This is refreshing!

T.Rex

Nov 17 2005, 1:57 am

Say no to pepsi-cola.Aspartame is messing up your brain.Coke Rule's the Economics of the cult generation.Vote for Coke in the administration.Coke-a-Cola revolution. Coke for goverment!

Tako

Nov 17 2005, 12:13 am

I went to Machu Pichu on spring break and in the train that goes from Cuzco to Machu Pichu, I had a coca tea and it tasted good, but if you are trying to get all hi and crazy ,it wont happen.;/

THCola

Nov 16 2005, 9:20 pm

No wonder Pepsi tastes so bad, it must have speed in it.

herbmon

Nov 16 2005, 8:51 pm

what to believe? we know the goverment is'nt the people anymore, how do we know what we know or don't know? it's so out of control, makes me want to throw up. if coke has coke in it, i'd be surprized, if it doesn't it should! herbs forever....

fatbluntofKB

Nov 16 2005, 8:28 pm

wait so your saying theres been cocaine in coca cola for a long time. Because I thought they outlawed that a long time ago

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