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Bringing home mate de coca? |
My wife and I are travelling to Peru. She is Peruvian and LOVES mate de coca (tea made from coca leaves.) Of course mate de coca is much, much, much less potent than cocaine. (It takes over 30 pounds of coca leaf to make one ounce of cocaine.) She says that we are allowed to bring some of it home with us. Is this true? How much? Where can I find out and/or confirm?
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SergioPL
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Avoid trouble. Just buy some boxes of Mate de Coca teabags. It is legal... because I have brought lots of them already ;) |
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yellowstone
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It has always been illegal. Although the government of Bolivia is trying to change this, coca leaves are considered by the UN to be drugs and are banned from importation in the U.S.
You cannot legally import mate de coca or trimate. Before 9-11 I had no problem bringing it in but since 9-11 things have changed.
A year ago, I tried to bring in trimate (an anise, camomille, coca mix) and it was seized. I was not however arrested but it was not a pleasant experience. The trimate was in tea bags. |
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Patrick B
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Its not allowed.
Which is why you cannot buy it legally(at least) in a Andean market type store in the US.
I know its not cocaine and all that but actually there is a 50 year old UN ban on the sale of coca leaf overseas, since Mate De Coca is leaf, its under that ban.
And the other things is the US customs people prolly dont know that leaf is not "cocaine" and your just asking for alot of hassles.
Sorryy
I like it too, I had it when I was in the mountains there. |
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Well, I don't know if things are different where you are, but when I was in Peru, I definitely wasn't allowed to take any mate de coca tea home with me to Ireland. |
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I believe pre-processed, packaged, sealed and labeled products for personal consumption are permitted. If one person is bringing a certain amount of tea for personal use, that cannot be converted to any amount of illegal substance, they should be able to declare it with no problem. |
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To bring the actual coca leaves back to the U.S. is definitely illegal. I went to Peru in October and wish I could've brought some back with me too. But the mate de coca in the teabags is legal. It's not as potent, but it's better than nothing. I brought some back with me this way. Enjoy the fresh coca leaves while you're there! I loved it during my visit! |
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Mari
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do some reseacrh on the prohibited things in your state, and enter the airline page to see restrictions on luggage |
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