§3.3.2 · Botanicals › Botanical Stimulants
Coca
Acute: Moderate riskDependency: Moderate risk
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Quick reference
Routes
Oral
Form
Leaves
Shulgin rating
+
Experience
Primary effects
- Induces a mild and clean feeling of mental stimulation, helping to counteract fatigue and altitude sickness.
Peak character
- A subtle uplift in mood and energy, though the user's poor health made it difficult to assess clearly.
Negatives / side effects
- No distinct negative effects were reported, though the substance did not fully alleviate severe malaise or headache.
Reagent testing
Expected reactions
| Scott | Blue (cocaine alkaloids) |
| Marquis | Faint/no reaction |
Adulterant detection: Erythroxylum coca — cocaine alkaloid content. Scott test for cocaine-class alkaloids. Raw leaf adulteration is uncommon.
Raw leaf form has low adulteration risk. Coca tea products are generally unadulterated.
Source
Reference fields and narrative for Coca extracted from The Drug Users Bible by Dominic Milton Trott (MxZero Publishing, 2022).
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