Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

Jobs

Social Media Manager and Strategist Cape Town

'High tea' probed for cocaine

25 Jul 2012

The Medicines Control Council is investigating an energy tea said to contain high levels of cocaine, Beeld newspaper reported early last week.

Coca Tea reportedly had so much cocaine that users would fail drug tests. It could be bought from shops and pharmacies and was marketed as a herbal tea.

The council had not responded to e-mailed questions by late yesterday afternoon.

According to the Beeld report, Coca Tea was described as a "heavenly magical plant of the Incas".

Two of the paper's reporters each drank a cup of the tea and had their urine tested. Within four hours, both showed benzodiazepine levels of over 1600 nanograms per millilitre in their urine. The cut-off level for drug tests was between 150 and 300ng/ml.

The tea could not make users "high", but worked as a stimulant like caffeine.

On its website, Cocazone, the maker of Coca Tea, said it was not addictive and had been used as a medicine in South America for thousands of years.

However, Spar supermarket said it would ask its franchises to remove the tea from shelves.

Source: The Times via I-NET Bridge

Source: I-Net Bridge

For more than two decades, I-Net Bridge has been one of South Africa’s preferred electronic providers of innovative solutions, data of the highest calibre, reliable platforms and excellent supporting systems. Our products include workstations, web applications and data feeds packaged with in-depth news and powerful analytical tools empowering clients to make meaningful decisions.

We pride ourselves on our wide variety of in-house skills, encompassing multiple platforms and applications. These skills enable us to not only function as a first class facility, but also design, implement and support all our client needs at a level that confirms I-Net Bridge a leader in its field.

Go to: http://www.inet.co.za