it's mixed with another chemical to make it the drug that makes people blank out
But it's also used in Sea Sickness patches around the neck. The flowers are often talked about in the Bay Area since it's one of the few places that a Columbian flower like this will grow. Also the Parrots of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco come from the same area.. the area this flower and birds live in has the same weather as Oakland and parts of San Francisco.
For all I know, you could grow the Cocaine plant out here.