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Anonymous Coward User ID: 52325805 Germany 01/02/2014 01:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Shocking: Pope Francis suffers addition to cannabis-like drug ''Yerba Mate'' Quoting: Anonymous Coward 42422875 Pope Francis is being treated for his addiction to this drug. [link to gawker.com] By 1596 the consumption of mate as a beverage had become so common in Paraguay that a member of the cabildo of Asunción wrote to governor of Río de la Plata Hernando Arias de Saavedra: "the vice and bad habit of drinking yerba has spread so much among the Spaniards, their women and children, that unlike the Indians that are content to drink it once a day they drink it continuously and those who do not drink it are very rare." The same author of the letter went on to claim that Spanish settlers sold their clothing, weapons and horses or fell into debt to obtain yerba mate See this shocking video of the effects of yerba mate [link to www.youtube.com] [link to es-la.facebook.com (secure)] I have visited Paraguay, the Paraguayans drink mate tea all the time. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 52303643 United States 01/02/2014 02:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I can assure you from first hand experienct they are not. Yerba Mate is just caffeine [link to en.wikipedia.org] Xanthines[edit] Yerba mate contains three xanthines: caffeine, theobromine and theophylline, the main one being caffeine. Caffeine content varies between 0.7% and 1.7% of dry weight[13] (compared with 0.4– 9.3% for tea leaves, 2.5–7.6% in guarana, and up to 3.2% for ground coffee);[14] theobromine content varies from 0.3% to 0.9%; theophylline is present in small quantities, or can be completely absent.[15] A substance previously called "mateine" is a synonym for caffeine (like theine and guaranine |
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eekers Dreamer of Dreams User ID: 38137469 United States 01/02/2014 09:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | yeap I had some in argentina once, it's just like tea on steroids but believe me no high. "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." - T. S. Eliot |
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sreglof23 User ID: 40342721 United States 01/02/2014 09:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We drink this it's awesome [link to www.teavana.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 51715669 Bahrain 01/02/2014 09:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay yerba mate is a public health problem...people spend hours and hours sipping their 'bombilla' (bulb) on the streets, like crack users their share their bombilla with strangers on the street that stop to sip, many diseases are transmitted this way....they are called yerba mate zombies... |
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sreglof23 User ID: 40342721 United States 01/02/2014 09:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Zaumbies!!! In Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay yerba mate is a public health problem...people spend hours and hours sipping their 'bombilla' (bulb) on the streets, like crack users their share their bombilla with strangers on the street that stop to sip, many diseases are transmitted this way....they are called yerba mate zombies... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51715669 |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 48046983 United States 01/02/2014 09:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why is this pinned? Yerba mate is in no way similar to cannabis in it's effects or any other way for that matter (except that it's a plant). Quoting: Anonymous Coward 52183612 This^^ Yerba mate is a kin to coffee. It cantains a caffiene like substance called mateine [link to www.erowid.org] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1023882 Argentina 01/02/2014 09:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is a traditional drink in my country, nothing to do with drugs. That being said, i tried it and it was horrible, bitter or sweet its ugly both ways. The fact that you share it with so many people disgusts me, its dirty and unhealthy. |
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