According to Sarabia, Colombian authorities would be able to more effectively combat cocaine production “if we harness [the coca leaf’s] potential for industrial uses such as fertilizers and beverages ...

A group of artisans and two designers from Bogotá are determined to recover the plant’s ancestral use as a pigment and ...

Colombia's president says cocaine is "no worse" than whiskey as global efforts to "decolonize" the plant spread ...

Used not only for cocaine, the coca leaf is also chewed as a stimulant in countries such as Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, or brewed into a tea thought to combat altitude sickness.

The United States is the biggest cocaine consumer. Used not only for cocaine, the coca leaf is also chewed as a stimulant in ...