Ecuador vows to intercept Colombian planes entering its airspace
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AlladinSane
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No, they want to protect people who plants Coca. Like Bolivia is doing.
The article may not express the seriousness of the situation. As it was broadcasted here his(Delgado) tone was not in the sense that they "could" intercept Columbian aircraft, but more in the sense that they "will" do it.
The article may not express the seriousness of the situation. As it was broadcasted here his(Delgado) tone was not in the sense that they "could" intercept Columbian aircraft, but more in the sense that they "will" do it.
To what end? Does it provide some valuable lifesaving medicinal value that we are typically unaware? It has only one use, that I know.
Gato_Solo
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It can also be used to synthesize an anasthetic. Used to be an ingredient in Novacaine, or so I was led to believe...
Oops. should've checked first...
Iffy source, but backed up here.
MrBishop
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Today cocaine is used in medicine mainly as a topical anesthetic in eye, ear, nose, and throat surgery and fiber tube optical examinations of the upper respiratory and digestive tracts. It has a combination of properties that cannot be duplicated by any of the synthetic local anesthetics: intense constriction of blood vessels (important whenever bleeding must be prevented), long duration of anesthesia (one hour), and low toxicity. Cocaine is no longer used in infiltration anesthesia (subcutaneous injection), in nerve block anesthesia, or in spinal anesthesia. 12 Recently topical application of cocaine to the upper palate has been recommended as a way of aborting the severe pain of cluster headaches. 13
Other medical uses are rare. Cocaine is an ingredient in Brompton's mixture, a preparation used in Great Britain for treating the chronic pain of terminal cancer, but controlled studies at a hospice in England have suggested that the cocaine in this drink provides no advantage over morphine alone." Cocaine was never tested seriously as a treatment for severe depression, but this idea is unlikely to be revived because the pharmacologically similar amphetamines have proved a failure for that purpose. Today substitutes have been found for most therapeutic uses of cocaine, and in most cases its dangers are believed to outweigh its potential benefits. Despite the recent and so far uncertain signs of reviving interest, coca and cocaine will never again be so widely used in medicine as they once were.
Legally, the coca leaf and all its derivatives containing cocaine are classified under the Controlled Substances Act as Schedule 11 drugs: This means that there is a currently accepted medical use but also a high potential for abuse and dependence. Schedule 11 drugs may be prescribed under special restrictions; hospitals and pharmacies are required to keep them in a locked place.
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/medical/meduse.htm
AlladinSane
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Coca tea is widely used locally to treat digestive problems. Somewhat it prevents some bad effects for living at high altitude. I think it has additional properties I'm not aware of.
Gato_Solo
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When I was in Panama, we were forbidden from drinking or 'importing' tea from Ecuador and Peru. Seems somebody in the past had had some to 'help him adjust to the altitude', and liked it so much he sent some home to his mom...
AlladinSane
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Well, not that you would need to adjust to altitude in Panama anyway
Gato_Solo
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Well, not that you would need to adjust to altitude in Panama anyway
He was TDY to Peru when he had the 'tea'. Brought two cases to Panama, and shipped one home. He got a bad conduct discharge and 2 years hard labor for his ignorance. I'm not sure if his mom ever received the tea, though...
