Fans of Coca-Cola have been left shocked after discovering the origins of the soft drink’s iconic name. The drink, which was ...

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 ...

Here they will turn the coca leaves into coca paste, a brick of dried powder that is just one stop short of pure cocaine. Small amounts of coca are legal for the indigenous who consider it a ...

The growing concern about tariffs is catching the attention of a lot of companies. And beverage giant Coca-Cola (KO) is one ...

The coca leaf contains only trace amounts of the alkaloid used to make cocaine. Peru and Bolivia are the world's second and third-largest cocaine producers behind Colombia.

This myth acknowledges the great importance that coca leaves had, and continue to have, in the culture and history of the people of the Andes. Despite gaining notoriety in modern times for being ...

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 ...

The coca plant has been cultivated in South America for thousands of years and used for a variety of ritual, spiritual, and ...

and its not b*****, the coca stands for coca leaf which is the source of alkaloid, cocaine” Another added: “Not b*****, Coca Cola used to have cocaine in it, which comes from the coca plan ...

Minister of Productive Development and Plural Economy Néstor Huanca Tuesday said the Industrialization of the Bolivian Coca Leaf under the brand Kokabol involved a US$ 9 million investment.