known more commonly as cocaine. Because the plant is endemic to South America, indigenous groups throughout the continent ...

Small amounts of coca are legal for the indigenous who consider it a sacred plant. Wandering the ... paste — one step short of pure cocaine. A ton of coca leaves has been turned into a kilo ...

Today coca leaves are harvested as an essential ingredient of the illegal, but highly lucrative, production of cocaine. Despite the plant’s role in so much violence and political instability ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has claimed that cocaine is no worse than whiskey, arguing that the drug's illegality stems ...

Coca leaves, minus the cocaine, could become the next hot wellness ... though scientific research into the potential wellness benefits of the plant is scarce because of widespread prohibition.

Colombia's record-high cocaine production is fueling instability, corruption, and violence, threatening the nation's economy ...

Bolivia is pushing for the global decriminalisation of coca leaf – the main ingredient of cocaine – to export the plant and ease its economic crisis. But a "landmark" recent decision by the ...

“They also demonstrate that some Milanese citizens came into contact with this New World plant and chewed or brewed its leaves as tea.” The Milanese hospital records don’t mention cocaine as ...

Once again, the President of Colombia has sparked controversy with his statements. This time, during an emergency cabinet ...

Colombia's national potential cocaine output and the amount of cocaine produced per hectare are growing, thanks to highly-productive coca strains, even as crop area shrinks. (% change) Net coca ...

ASIATODAY.ID, COLOMBIA - Colombian President Gustavo Petro has claimed that cocaine is no worse than whiskey, arguing that ...