Coca: The World’s Most Addictive Plant

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Komentáře • 312

  • @ondry8780
    @ondry8780 Před 9 měsíci +92

    smal fact: the coca plant is actually used quite often in hiking or traveling to mountain zones on peru and bolivia as it is usefull to cure high altitude sickness, usually people take it by eating coca candies or drinks

    • @johnmcnally7812
      @johnmcnally7812 Před 9 měsíci +10

      I was recently up in the Atacama and drank loads of coca tea. I wish I could have it at home.

    • @Makabert.Abylon
      @Makabert.Abylon Před 9 měsíci +2

      A swedish tv show had the two hosts going on a trip there up at high altitude. They bought coca leaf’s to prevent the altitude sickness and chewed them all the time, they were so high😆

    • @mrmaxaxl
      @mrmaxaxl Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@Makabert.AbylonVilket program?

    • @2SecondsAgo
      @2SecondsAgo Před 25 dny

      Coca products are frickin' awesome! I don't just like fish scale coke, I like all coca products. It's all going to be legal before long anways because people like me will always have a huge demand for it... and there's hundreds of millions of us worldwide when it comes to admitted and non-admitted users.

    • @Amad-AshtaanMadison
      @Amad-AshtaanMadison Před 10 dny

      Yeah my dad had to use it which helped. I was given some coca tea when i got sick in the Amazon rainforest and it really helped

  • @ArtioSekhmet
    @ArtioSekhmet Před 9 měsíci +43

    I have chronic migraines. One hit me midway through a 2-week trip in the Cusco region. My guide suggested I make myself a cup of coca tea from the available supplies in my hotel lobby. Can't say it tasted great, because it didn't (tasted the same as all other tea to me), but my migraine dissipated just as quickly and without the lingering exhaustion brought about by the sumatriptan prescribed by my doctor. I would happily drink tea every now and then if it meant my migraines cleared up that cleanly.

    • @Colouh
      @Colouh Před 6 měsíci +1

      That's called "apunamiento" in Spanish, and yes chewing or having coca tea makes it disappear. It's very common to suffer from it here in South America if you go to any elevated region, and consuming the coca leaves feels magical.

    • @seansingh4421
      @seansingh4421 Před měsícem

      Can I has some please 😂😂

  • @donhillsmanii5906
    @donhillsmanii5906 Před 9 měsíci +57

    6:35 Tasha the Amazon’s bloopers are HILARIOUS, because she puts her everything into her application, and her “screw ups” outtakes are GOLD..

  • @rullerorock
    @rullerorock Před 9 měsíci +112

    Anyone else waiting for a plant tour from Tasha? Such beautiful varieties I can't stop staring 🤩🧡

  • @krieg1583
    @krieg1583 Před 9 měsíci +28

    As a bolivian, you can easily buy coca leaves in the street as they will be sold in shops but is usually consumed by indigenous people as the town people have a bad connotation to the act of chewing coca as a low class act

  • @randomperson6454
    @randomperson6454 Před 9 měsíci +53

    There's a guy here on CZcams.
    His Channel is called weird fruit explorer and he actually talked about Coca-Cola too because he was trying the cola berry which is supposedly in Coca-Cola or at least the original recipe (hence the cola in the name) I really suggest checking him out if you haven't already.
    Each fruit he tries he actually does a lot of research about for his videos.

    • @dip-tree
      @dip-tree Před 9 měsíci +3

      Hey, thanks for suggesting the channel of weird fruit explorer - very interesting channel. I am a big fan of Animalogic as well.

    • @Slampty
      @Slampty Před 9 měsíci +1

      That channel is cool.

    • @randomperson6454
      @randomperson6454 Před 9 měsíci

      @@lucabd9022 the channel is called weird fruit explorer

    • @mikedrop4421
      @mikedrop4421 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Great channel.

    • @MermaidMakes
      @MermaidMakes Před 9 měsíci +2

      I love Jared! His channel is great.

  • @jonnda
    @jonnda Před 9 měsíci +161

    Consuming Coca leaf is ok. It's like having coffee.
    Turning it into cocaine is like distilling beer into everclear. It's an imperfect analogy, but seriously, coca tea isn't all that addictive and it's quite nice. I don't intend to ever try cocaine. Yes, once you try coca tea, you'll realize what flavor component is still used in coca cola.

    • @Dellvmnyam
      @Dellvmnyam Před 9 měsíci +14

      Yep, the feelings I got from cocaine were indeed very similar to those from caffeine.

    • @jonnda
      @jonnda Před 9 měsíci +17

      @@Dellvmnyam I haven't had cocaine, but coca leaf tea was great. Whereas caffeine felt like an artificial jittery energy, coca tea felt more natural. Like I am just more awake and energetic now.

    • @shibolinemress8913
      @shibolinemress8913 Před 9 měsíci +6

      I've always heard that natural coca leaves are mild, and coca tea is about like drinking coffee. The effect of chewing the leaves sounds about like that of an energy drink. Is that about right?

    • @brakejanco
      @brakejanco Před 8 měsíci

      I used to pack mambe into my gums on occasion. It's not really any more "addictive" than caffeine. It's also wayyy better than isolated cocaine hydrochloride, which is ridiculously overrated. Coca leaf is more satisfying without the compulsive redose need. In fact, cocaine addicts can successfully use coca leaf to quit cocaine use without withdrawl. There are other bioactive components in the coca leaf that likely contribute to an altered experience.
      Around that same time I knew someone who grew poppies and sold opium. Her clients were generally very addicted. The coca leaf purveyor didn't have many addicts.
      I would say the most addictive plant in the world is tobacco. There are way more cigarette smokers than there are regular cocaine users. Maybe if we didn't demonize plants like coca and made them more accessible we would have less people dying from fentanyl cut into street powder.

    • @brakejanco
      @brakejanco Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@shibolinemress8913It has a brighter feeling than coffee, but it also depends on the species and cultivar. I had some that was more jittery with a little bruxism. Others I had were closer to a light dose of MDMA, being entactogenic and almost verging on slightly psychedelic (pattern recognition and color perception enhancement.)

  • @ptrinch
    @ptrinch Před 9 měsíci +37

    If a century ago, people decided to crystalize caffeine and snort it for recreational purposes... we'd all be starting our days with a cup of coca tea while coffee would be a class one narcotic.

    • @SG-bp4lg
      @SG-bp4lg Před 9 měsíci

      Oh yeah totally. We would have crack caffine addicts. Bug eyed jaundiced twitchy sore covered caffine addicts. Because that's how chemistry works right?
      You're a fucking idiot.

    • @liampoirier
      @liampoirier Před 5 měsíci

      facts

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor Před 5 měsíci +3

      Caffeine is actually FAR more deadly than cocaine for the equivalent high.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 Před 5 měsíci

      I love coffee but I couldn't do it 15 times I a day.
      Cocaine is very moreish

  • @kabutocub
    @kabutocub Před 9 měsíci +22

    Tasha, your bloopers are always the best part of your videos. You're awesome. 😅

    • @ptrinch
      @ptrinch Před 9 měsíci +2

      One day, she'll get through a whole video in one take. At which point, the producers will ask her to do it again, but with more mistakes next time.

  • @segfault-
    @segfault- Před 8 měsíci +5

    Eh idk I'd say the opium poppy is a better candidate for most addictive plant. Coca only really gets addictive once you extract the active component. And even unrefined opium is much more addictive.

  • @JugheadJones03
    @JugheadJones03 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Tasha yelling at me like my Mom to read a book was the definite highlight!😄

  • @LaviniaDeMortalium
    @LaviniaDeMortalium Před 9 měsíci +28

    Yes, PLEASE talk about the Hippos! It's such a fascinating story.

  • @Imperiused
    @Imperiused Před 9 měsíci +5

    The outtakes on this one were really funny. Thanks for the laughs Tasha and crew!

  • @burgerbobbelcher
    @burgerbobbelcher Před 9 měsíci +18

    Funnily enough, the Coca Cola company is one of the few companies in the US that are allowed to import Coca leaves, which they still use in their recipes, though after carefully removing the psychoactive substances - which are bought by pharmaceutical companies.

  • @losmazeman
    @losmazeman Před 9 měsíci +11

    No natural plant should be illegal.
    Your outtakes were great.

  • @Viniter
    @Viniter Před 9 měsíci +3

    You know you gonna get some good Tasha bloops when the episode ends with a minute and a half of runtime left!

  • @Mae-hx2ml
    @Mae-hx2ml Před 9 měsíci +2

    The gag reel is gold! You do deserve a prize.

  • @robertajill3070
    @robertajill3070 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I spent a month trekking through Peru. Damned near every hotel, hostel, B&B and hole in the wall had cups, a carafe of hot water and coca leaves in the lobby. Does NOT get you high but sure as hell helped with altitude sickness…..and I already live at a high elevation! (Canadian Rockies) God help those poor tourists from sea level.

  • @raplopez4258
    @raplopez4258 Před 5 měsíci +1

    People always relate coca leaves to the useless powder that people have made out of it. In yin there is yang. In the impure leaf you'll find purity and in the pure powder you'll find impurity.

  • @p4ul1010
    @p4ul1010 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Can you talk about the flower of jamaica hibiscus use for teas?

    • @houndgirl7365
      @houndgirl7365 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Not tea tincture a tea has to have the tea leaf component a tincture does not :)

  • @Randoplants
    @Randoplants Před 9 měsíci +4

    Could you talk about fuschia plants?

  • @vickielawson3114
    @vickielawson3114 Před 2 měsíci +3

    The opium poppy is FAR more addictive. The withdrawal from opiates is VASTLY more severe. So, no, coca is not the most addictive plant.

  • @pamelapilling6996
    @pamelapilling6996 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Tasha can you find out what the most expensive trendy plant genus is and do a feature on what it is and why they are so desirable? ie variegated monsteras or whatever. Cause I am baffled.

  • @roberthiltz2741
    @roberthiltz2741 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Another fun video, thanks! Btw Tasha- love the hair and the outfit 👍🏻

  • @luzmarinavillafane8779
    @luzmarinavillafane8779 Před 9 měsíci +7

    Que dolor el negocio de las drogas.
    La presentadora es realmente única. Me encanta su forma de ser.

  • @OllyRoger
    @OllyRoger Před 9 měsíci +5

    Congrats; you said your lines despite your best friend's efforts. 🎉

  • @HugsandDrugs420
    @HugsandDrugs420 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I love the bloopers! I relate so much and they always make me laugh! ❤

  • @chrisalan5610
    @chrisalan5610 Před 9 měsíci +3

    The Pablo’s hippos episode is coming. if you don’t know, get ready

  • @abbymcface
    @abbymcface Před 9 měsíci +4

    you DO deserve a prize! I suggest a lifetime supply of... Pepsi. ;)

  • @lucioh1575
    @lucioh1575 Před 9 měsíci +2

    That was such a cool video, thank you!

  • @eLu2198
    @eLu2198 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Bloopers where the best part

  • @Chrismas815
    @Chrismas815 Před 9 měsíci +67

    I wish you guys would change your channel name to "Biologic" and put everything into their own playlists

    • @user-ct8ee8od6o
      @user-ct8ee8od6o Před 8 měsíci +4

      Or maybe just enjoy the programming and sit down?

    • @admina.r.9727
      @admina.r.9727 Před 7 měsíci +3

      Constructive criticism is always welcome.

  • @nicholaskruger9460
    @nicholaskruger9460 Před 3 měsíci

    True. It is. I love that leaf

  • @tonydeluna8095
    @tonydeluna8095 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Bloopers at the end, is really well done 👍!

  • @WakingDreamer01
    @WakingDreamer01 Před 9 měsíci +2

    *_"Read a book and I won't have to tell ya! Get off the internet and read a book!"_*
    🤣😎

  • @TheMrcooldjbigones
    @TheMrcooldjbigones Před 4 měsíci +1

    The bloopers are the best part of the video Tasha!!!😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

  • @shlomster6256
    @shlomster6256 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Best. Blooper reel. Evah!

  • @MikeSamuelsII-ve8gp
    @MikeSamuelsII-ve8gp Před 8 měsíci +19

    Thoroughly disagree. Tobacco is the world's most addictive plant.

  • @cyrilio
    @cyrilio Před 9 měsíci +6

    Could you do a video about psychedelic animals? No you don’t get high when eating them. They just look super cool. There’s a separate Wikipedia page listing many different species.

  • @miguelcavanna736
    @miguelcavanna736 Před 9 měsíci

    first time here, and fell in love , great job

  • @keysos9youtubeblowsgoats438
    @keysos9youtubeblowsgoats438 Před 9 měsíci +1

    It's still has parts of the Cocoa extract in coca cola, they just have been able to take out the zippity Doo DA feeling components or of the mix. But it's still loaded with cocoa extract as the flavor is needed.

    • @hurieconerly3946
      @hurieconerly3946 Před 7 měsíci

      They replaced the zippy with high fructose corn syrup 😂 if that was gonna be the outcome I’d rather keep the organic stuff

  • @kimbratton9620
    @kimbratton9620 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Your content is always so interesting!

  • @raplopez4258
    @raplopez4258 Před 5 měsíci

    4:45 acullico is the quechua word for "quid"

  • @reginaerekson9139
    @reginaerekson9139 Před 9 měsíci

    6:18 that commercial should have The Rolling Stones Motherrs Little Helper in the background 😂

  • @OrgusDin
    @OrgusDin Před 9 měsíci +20

    It really sucks how everyone in history is totally beyond insane and afraid of plants and committing horrific abominations like human sacrifice, and that many remain totally beyond insane to this day. I trust the plant more than the people using it and trying to get rid of it.

    • @houndgirl7365
      @houndgirl7365 Před 9 měsíci

      The indigenous people have been using that plant for generations it's colonizers that demonized it (go figure). Can we stop trying to eradicate plants to seperate people from their culture. In this case the plant and people should be left alone.

    • @andyfriederichsen
      @andyfriederichsen Před 9 měsíci +1

      Say what you want about European imperialism, at least the Spanish put a stop to the human sacrifices.

    • @misterman1371
      @misterman1371 Před 9 měsíci +2

      ​@andyfriederichsen you are looking at history and other cultures with a sheltered western closed mind.

    • @OrgusDin
      @OrgusDin Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@misterman1371 History was a mistake.

    • @serenity1378
      @serenity1378 Před 9 měsíci +9

      @@andyfriederichsen "At least they put a stop to a few hundred sacrifices by committing genocide of hundreds of thousands." you right now.

  • @VincoMalus
    @VincoMalus Před 9 měsíci +2

    Breathtakingly beautiful analysis of this entheogen
    XOXOXO

  • @truth_activist
    @truth_activist Před 27 dny

    Great info

    • @konjuer
      @konjuer Před 12 dny

      Right! For a minute, I thought it was about tea

  • @SconnerStudios
    @SconnerStudios Před 9 měsíci +18

    Imagine trying to make a living organism illegal.

    • @andyfriederichsen
      @andyfriederichsen Před 9 měsíci +7

      @@brunocaruso6007 Kind of like what the Chinese government has done with the Uyghurs.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@andyfriederichsenand the Americans did to the original owners of the land.

    • @andyfriederichsen
      @andyfriederichsen Před 5 měsíci

      @@julianshepherd2038 Nice whataboutism. Try to stay in the present day.

  • @GarC170
    @GarC170 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I chewed coca for a long time. It is nothing like straight cocaine in terms of feeling. Coca is like a strong cup of coffee

  • @richards3648
    @richards3648 Před 9 měsíci +4

    You can't just say invasive hippos and leave it at that.

  • @PookyMo100
    @PookyMo100 Před 9 měsíci +1

    She's still alive!!

  • @michaelfrese5451
    @michaelfrese5451 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Make a video on snakehead fish

  • @andreathompson-bg4hl
    @andreathompson-bg4hl Před 2 měsíci +1

    I'm in the wrong business. At my local bar we have 2 bathrooms. The men's room and the cocaine room.

  • @dukelornek
    @dukelornek Před 9 měsíci

    usually not a huge fan of the outtakes but this one was great.

  • @raplopez4258
    @raplopez4258 Před 5 měsíci

    5:50 yes, coca cola imports millions of tons of coca for it's flavor

  • @6852660
    @6852660 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Please talk about phantom orchids next!

  • @chrystalblue7170
    @chrystalblue7170 Před 9 měsíci +1

    That is a super plant. Wish i livwd where i could grow it.

  • @drivingsideways2319
    @drivingsideways2319 Před měsícem

    Coca extract is still used today in Coca-Cola the Coca-Cola company is one of only 2 companies that legally import coca leaves into the US today

  • @BooBooKeyshehe
    @BooBooKeyshehe Před 9 měsíci

    You should explore Cecropia! They have very strange fruit.

  • @nabeelkhalid2346
    @nabeelkhalid2346 Před 9 měsíci

    Please do a video on Water Chestnut plant and the flower that grows with it. Also the how filthy and unhygienic can the water usually be. Thanks.

  • @BN.ja05
    @BN.ja05 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I hope this channel also refers to the pilgrims and the British colonizers plus the french, the dutch and the portuguese on the Americas as invaders, if not "hispanophobic anglos" would describe their views on history pretty succintly.

  • @hansolowe19
    @hansolowe19 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Gympie Gympie? Is that how it's written?

  • @salaufer
    @salaufer Před 9 měsíci

    I'd like to know more about the mutations caused the coca plant to start producing baby laxatives

  • @jorgerostro1666
    @jorgerostro1666 Před 8 měsíci

    Please tell use about brugmansia!

  • @markedis5902
    @markedis5902 Před 9 měsíci +1

    How about a deep dive on all psychoactive plants

  • @pierreabbat6157
    @pierreabbat6157 Před 9 měsíci

    Next, travel to Afyonkarahisar in search of poppies!

  • @albatross4920
    @albatross4920 Před 9 měsíci

    1:49 the sequel to cocaine bear,
    Pablo's cocaine hippos 😵‍💫😵🦛

  • @edwardhettiger4623
    @edwardhettiger4623 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I think tobacco is more addictive.I've been addicted to both

  • @GaasubaMeskhenet
    @GaasubaMeskhenet Před 9 měsíci +1

    I really wanna have the tea again

  • @alexanderhikel2350
    @alexanderhikel2350 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Cocaine is a hell of a drug - Rick james

  • @SF-hx5nc
    @SF-hx5nc Před 9 měsíci +1

    I missed Floralogic

  • @Alaskan-Armadillo
    @Alaskan-Armadillo Před 8 měsíci +1

    I am so confused.. You kept talking about the coca plant and cocaine as though they were the same thing when they aren't.

  • @joshuaokoro-sokoh2993
    @joshuaokoro-sokoh2993 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Now it's also become the drug that a bear did in a movie once

  • @JohnCasteel1333
    @JohnCasteel1333 Před měsícem

    It’s legal 100% in Bolivia and unless it’s synthesized it’s not the same as the drug

  • @Nerco-Romancer
    @Nerco-Romancer Před 9 měsíci +3

    I'm gonna say it. She's so pretty 😍 and that blue hair is just her😍🥰👑

  • @Epiphalactic
    @Epiphalactic Před 9 měsíci

    according to several sources, coca cola is the largest consumer of decocanized coca leaf extract.

  • @thomascircle245
    @thomascircle245 Před 9 měsíci

    Do an episode on the foxtail, aka the most hated plant in the world.

  • @scottOlsonsoulson
    @scottOlsonsoulson Před 4 měsíci

    Tobacco is the world's most addictive plant.

  • @refrigeratorclub4212
    @refrigeratorclub4212 Před 5 měsíci +1

    How to get coca leaves in the us

  • @smile4me12997
    @smile4me12997 Před 9 měsíci

    Can you do one on the Hawaiian Banyon Tree!?

  • @oopsy444
    @oopsy444 Před 7 měsíci

    I tried to buy cacao online thought someone just mispelled it. accidently became a drug lord

  • @msteresa653
    @msteresa653 Před 9 měsíci

    i'M HaVInG a sEiZUre wiTH ThESe WORDS - me, most of the time 😂

  • @OttawaOldFart
    @OttawaOldFart Před 9 měsíci

    LOL tongue twisters.

  • @foodreviewr5310
    @foodreviewr5310 Před 6 měsíci

    That's probably why so many like the soda drink just look at the name on it coke 😂

  • @bengilkes7676
    @bengilkes7676 Před 9 měsíci

    I'd love a vid about moringa

  • @Dr._Geno
    @Dr._Geno Před 7 měsíci

    I literally read that as cocoa.

  • @VegetableMigraine
    @VegetableMigraine Před 9 měsíci

    Growing coca is no longer illegal in Colombia, although there are still some restrictions.

  • @armandbourque2468
    @armandbourque2468 Před 9 měsíci

    The human condition. One of the names for distilled methanol was 'aqua vita', water of life, in gaelic, whiskey.
    We have always sought energy and vitality.

  • @ericdamexican
    @ericdamexican Před 9 měsíci

    Been a long time but still... triggers!

  • @KenS1267
    @KenS1267 Před 9 měsíci

    Coca-Cola does include some sort of coca extract. That isn't a secret. They contract with a smaller company to legally import coca leaves into the US where they're processed, the actual cocaine is sold to a pharm company. You can look up the company that does this, Stepan Company.

  • @reginaerekson9139
    @reginaerekson9139 Před 9 měsíci

    3:25 retailers! Macys Martha Stewart Brand Blow 😂 save those profit margins any way you can!

  • @TheEpicLeopardSeal
    @TheEpicLeopardSeal Před 9 měsíci +10

    Why the hell does America want this plant extinct? I never mind Coca plants. I don't use them, but I don't want these plants to go extinct either

    • @userequaltoNull
      @userequaltoNull Před 9 měsíci +1

      Coca, not cocoa.

    • @OrgusDin
      @OrgusDin Před 9 měsíci

      Hubris and megalomania, same reason men in power do anything.

  • @treturner977
    @treturner977 Před 9 měsíci

    pituri, native tobacco in australia

  • @PHiLLy2c
    @PHiLLy2c Před 6 měsíci

    Love me some coca leaves lol

  • @ConstantChaos1
    @ConstantChaos1 Před 9 měsíci

    Do the artificially bred plant for the pikman game

  • @inu3112
    @inu3112 Před 8 měsíci

    *Opium poppy has entered the chat*

  • @patrick2t724
    @patrick2t724 Před 8 měsíci

    It's no secret Coca Cola main ingredient is still the Coca plant.

  • @1979Spica
    @1979Spica Před 2 měsíci +1

    I think opium is probably more addictive

  • @johnnyc3184
    @johnnyc3184 Před 9 měsíci

    Puerto Rican Green Parrot which Originated from The Amazon.

  • @Victorcolongarcia
    @Victorcolongarcia Před 8 měsíci

    How can a company release a drink and the ingredients be a mistery? How is that legal? It makes zero sense