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• n  an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub

• Is extract of kava a natural substitute for Valium--or just alternative medicine's newest herb du jour?.
• Men say kava is like a woman, she says wryly, "if his wife is away and a man drinks kava, he doesn't think of her.
• Long circumscribed by ritual, kava is breaking out of traditional constraints and becoming an everyday escapeand problem.

• kavakava

News & Articles

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• Mystic Water Kava Bar formally opens in Ithaca
  ITHACA — Mystic Water Kava Bar and Yoga Studio, which describes itself as an alcohol-free nightlife alternative, is formally opening for business today in Ithaca, according to a news release from the Downtown Ithaca Alliance.
  July 1, 2013 - Central New York Business Journal

Quotes

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• Ruben Wiki in The Canberra Times
  They've got enough depth,Wiki said. "Nathan Cayless is the captain and I'll be around to give my advice to the boys and be the cultural adviser with the kava bowls."
• Mosese Rauluni in ARU Rugby
  It was the early hours back in Fiji when Dewes crossed for the winning try and Rauluni added: "I know they're going to start celebrating now with a lot of kava and maybe a lot of beer. Good on them, they deserve it."
• Laisenia Qarase in Playfuls.com
  I am happy that I am back here with my wife, and I have just had some kava with the village elders and the chief of the village,said Qarase, referring to a narcotic drink made from the crushed roots of the kava plant.