Indigenous groups demand coca leaves be legalized. Will the world listen?
Colombia's president says cocaine is "no worse" than whiskey as global efforts to "decolonize" the plant spread ...
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Study shows leaf shape and size can't reliably distinguish wild coca plants from those grown to make cocaine
While identification often relies on leaf shape and size, this does not reflect differences between coca varieties grown for extracting the alkaloid cocaine (the active ingredient in the ...
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An unusual startup is looking to raise $20 million to turn coca leaves into the next trendy wellness ingredient
Coca leaves, minus the cocaine, could become the next hot wellness trend. That's the bet that Pat McCutcheon, a former CEO of a Canadian cannabis company, is making with his new venture ...
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Colombia to endorse Bolivia's bid to remove coca from list of banned substances
The Colombian government of leftwing President Gustavo Petro announced it will endorse Bolivia's request before the United Nations (UN) for the declassification of the coca leaf as a narcotic drug ...
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Major victory for President Morales: UN accepts “coca leaf chewing” in Bolivia
President Morales in one of his many trips abroad chewing a coca leaf Bolivia will again belong to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs after its bid to rejoin with a reservation that it ...