tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post5611863251711828959..comments2024-03-27T19:44:22.441-07:00Comments on Cowboy Kisses: A Brief History Of CocaineGiniRifkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09808573690725909979noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post-56072155931476727932019-01-08T06:21:35.272-08:002019-01-08T06:21:35.272-08:00Doris,
The drugs back in the late 19th and early 2...Doris,<br />The drugs back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are really mind-boggling to us today.Kristy McCaffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097717361053482260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post-63423265625537588152019-01-08T06:20:34.195-08:002019-01-08T06:20:34.195-08:00Andi,
When we went to Macchu Picchu, there were Co...Andi,<br />When we went to Macchu Picchu, there were Coca leaves in all the hotels as well. It really helped my husband with the altitude. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite enough for me, and I had to go to Motrin for my headache and general malaise. One of the ladies we traveled with bought a bag of coca leaves. I worried that she wouldn't get it through airport security, but they let it go.Kristy McCaffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097717361053482260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post-17644892027799136442019-01-08T06:17:33.600-08:002019-01-08T06:17:33.600-08:00Patti,
Good point. Like all things, in small doses...Patti,<br />Good point. Like all things, in small doses cocaine is likely effective for a lot of maladies. And soda pop is such a strange drink with or without the coca leaves. There's no logical reason why it's so good, but it is LOL.Kristy McCaffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097717361053482260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post-40809494271584642612019-01-07T18:37:34.595-08:002019-01-07T18:37:34.595-08:00People sometimes forget how prevelent cocaine was ...People sometimes forget how prevelent cocaine was in so many products in the early years. Thank you for a very informative post. DorisRenaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post-546757539691816312019-01-07T13:18:34.103-08:002019-01-07T13:18:34.103-08:00Traveling in Peru we drank coca tea--I was not ...Traveling in Peru we drank coca tea--I was not 'high' other than at altitude and it helped immensely. While Macchu Pichu is a measly 8K ft.--2K higher than Jackson where I live part-year--to get there you have to go through Cuzco which is 11K+. We also had oxygen piped into our rooms to be able to sleep, but the coca tea definitely helped. At Lake Titicaca, which is 12.5K, we saw people who had to go on oxygen machines but we just kept drinking that coca tea! :-)Andrea Downinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553961600937196102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post-67269134383033472072019-01-07T08:31:52.929-08:002019-01-07T08:31:52.929-08:00I wonder if we weren't a bit premature in remo...I wonder if we weren't a bit premature in removing cocaine from all our drinks so early in the 1900's. LOL! Can you imagine it being in soda pop? Of course it seems obviously wrong to us nowadays, but it is a natural botanical ingredient. I remember when I was in school in UK in 1980's and had a tummy ache and there used to be an over the counter remedy that listed opium as the active ingredient (it worked wonders, btw).Thanks for the fun post! Patti Sherry-Crewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07239195135892487184noreply@blogger.com