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

The report said that "coca leaf chewing should have been abolished" in those countries 25 years ago. But representatives from Peru and Bolivia called the board's report disrespectful of indigenous ...

Bats are known to chew and spit out leaves, like humans chew and spit out tobacco or coca, but this is the first continuous ...

The leaf, the argument went, was "not a narcotic" in its natural state. In 2013, Bolivia reacceded to the convention – with an exemption for chewing coca leaves. But Morales's push for a WHO ...

Unprocessed leaves from the plant can be enjoyed by chewing them or by brewing them into a tea. Locals still use coca today to combat altitude sickness, and to relieve pain and hunger. Some still ...

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 ...

In 2016, chewing of the coca leaf was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. In March 2017, the General Coca Leaf Law came into force, to regulate the ...

ALBAWABA - In the beautiful mountains of Colombia's Sierra Nevada, Indigenous elders gather under a revered tree, chewing coca leaves while discussing the growing threat to their homeland.

Third, if systematic suppression of acid secretion through coca chewing is present in adolescence, an increased occurrence of gastric atrophy in the population of young adults should coexist with ...