A coca vendor works at a legal coca leaf market in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Bolivia’s government has revived a years-long battle to get the U.N. to decriminalize the coca leaf ...

Within Bolivia, the world’s third-biggest producer of the coca leaf, and of cocaine, the ancient leaf has inspired spiritual rituals among Indigenous communities for generations — and more ...

One ton of coca leaf costs over $5,500 in Peru, so the Stepan Company would be paying between $308,000 and $3.2 million for the shipment of the illicit leaves if the amount it imports has remained ...

Harbour Becomes Authorized Agent of Coca Globally, Permitting the Distribution of Ethically Sourced, High-Quality Coca Leaf For Emerging Opportunities Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November ...

The goal of this partnership, announced on Wednesday, is to tap into the potential of the coca leaf. The strategy relies on combining Abstrax’s product development capabilities and vast ...

The coca leaf has been a part of Andean culture for thousands of years. But when an indigenous woman used it in a drink she calls Coca Pola, her company entered into the crosshairs of Coca-Cola.

Some 253,000 hectares were planted with coca leaf in 2023, the report said, up from 230,000 in 2022. That brought last year's potential cocaine production up 53% to 2,644 metric tons, compared ...

In Bolivia, the government-authorized El Viejo Roble distillery, which for years has been making liquor from coca leaves is now gearing up to launch a new coca-infused beer, hoping the WHO's ...

Power Leaves Corp. teamed up with Abstrax to bring decocainized coca leaf derivatives to the US cannabis market. ‘This is just the beginning of a partnership focused on unveiling the potential ...