More WTF regarding customs laws in the UK

[Ansel]

Coca tea from Bolivia can be bought fine from the states if you are over there. Yet here in the UK you can't import it. But, you can import Agwa which is a liqueur made with coca leaves. That's right isn't it?! Surely if we are allowed the coca liqueur we can have the coca tea. WTF.

[pris]

Just out of interest does one contain more cocaine than the other, hence why we can have one and not the other? (just been reading about coca tea on Wiki)

[Ansel]

Just out of interest does one contain more cocaine than the other, hence why we can have one and not the other? (just been reading about coca tea on Wiki)

Well the leaves should i understand be decocanised in both cases so there would only be trace amounts.

[Monkey]

Well the leaves should i understand be decocanised in both cases so there would only be trace amounts.

Amazon sells coca tea to the US but don't use it if you get drug tested.....you will test positive for cocaine.

I get randoms at work and have to be careful of what I eat....poppy seeds are out of my diet nowadays.

[EricHill78]

Well the leaves should i understand be decocanised in both cases so there would only be trace amounts.

Ahhh shit I was going to place an order!

[Reynard]

Coca tea from Bolivia can be bought fine from the states if you are over there. Yet here in the UK you can't import it. But, you can import Agwa which is a liqueur made with coca leaves. That's right isn't it?! Surely if we are allowed the coca liqueur we can have the coca tea. WTF.

Stupid government

[Fazer]

Amazon sells coca tea to the US but don't use it if you get drug tested.....you will test positive for cocaine.

WTF ... What part of, it's TEA do they not understand

I get randoms at work and have to be careful of what I eat....poppy seeds are out of my diet nowadays.

you can't eat....poppy seeds!!! That's just dumb

[Fazer]

Stupid government

i'll second that

[Reynard]

NONE of the negative effects of taking pure cocaine can be found with chewing coca or drinking coca tea. It's just prejudice, here's a good article by a consultant psychiatrist: The inocuity of coca use in the Andes

[lxskllr]

All of this circumvents the point that it isn't the governments' job to tell people what they put in their bodies. If someone wants to smoke crack, it's their god given right to smoke crack. The governments' job ends at policing product labels/ingredients. As long as products are clearly marked, and accurately identified, the governments' interest is zero.

[Reynard]

All of this circumvents the point that it isn't the governments' job to tell people what they put in their bodies. If someone wants to smoke crack, it's their god given right to smoke crack. The governments' job ends at policing product labels/ingredients. As long as products are clearly marked, and accurately identified, the governments' interest is zero.

Another thing that is zero is my interest in harmful drugs, politics or not. Just sayin

[lxskllr]

Another thing that is zero is my interest in harmful drugs, politics or not. Just sayin

That's perfectly acceptable, but it should be left up to the individual. Legislation isn't a substitute for education.