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 ...

Coca-Cola drinkers left stunned over revelation about popular soft drink - The ingredient would cause concern if it was still ...

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 ...

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

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.

Gustavo Petro says cocaine is only illegal because it is produced in Latin America Read Full Article at RT.com ...

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 ...

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 ...

A drug that stimulates the central nervous system, cocaine is made from the leaves of the coca plant in South America. While the prices have remained virtually unchanged -- a gram of cocaine cost ...

A drug that stimulates the central nervous system, cocaine is made from the leaves of the coca plant in South America. While its price has remained virtually unchanged -- a gram of cocaine cost 66 ...

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