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According to Weil, only adult men are allowed to chew the cocoa leaves, but women are beginning to break that tradition. Adolescents, however, never use the drug...
Although the drug is stored in cans and tubes just outside the home, children expressed no curiosity about trying it--Weil said most young people answered his queries with a simple, "No, I will wait until I grow...
...Weil said this culture of nonabuse, where the users of the drug were not addicted, was healthier than drug culture...
...Weil hypothesized that because the United States "criminalizes drugs and makes it illegal, our society makes it attractive to young people...
...sidenote, Weil added that American demand for cocaine has even managed to harm peoples like the ones he studied--Columbian cartels pressure farmers to grow the highly profitable cash crop...