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Coca Leaf, Erythroxylum coca: Miracle Plant, Panacea Medicinal

Coca Leaf: A Miracle Plant As a kid growing up in Peru, we drank coca tea frequently, especially when we needed an extra dose of energ...

Col. David J. Wright 18 Jun, 2012

Misconstruing the Truth about the People and their Coca

Spotlight on Bolivian Coca is Out of Focus Andean Information Network The Council on Hemispheric Affairs’ (COHA) April 25 “ Spotlig...

Col. David J. Wright 24 May, 2012

Contributed Story: The Truth about Coca

Expat Perspectives on Coca Three years ago I lived in Arequipa with a Swiss fella who loved climbing mountains. He organized a group to ...

Col. David J. Wright 8 May, 2012

Coca Diplomacy: “Yes to Coca, No to Cocaine”

Coca Diplomacy of Evo Morales Spotlight on Bolivia: The “Coca Diplomacy” of Evo Morales At last month’s meeting of the United Nations Com...

Col. David J. Wright 26 Apr, 2012

Declaration of Lima 2012 over the Coca Leaf

DECLARATION OF LIMA Conclusions of the Third International Forum "The Coca Leaf: From the Andes to the World" From 11 to Apri...

Col. David J. Wright 24 Apr, 2012

News Release - Caracas Coca Expo

Coca Leaf Exposition in Caracas on Earth Day Thousands will be chewing coca leaves and drinking coca tea at this Sunday’s Peruvian Fo...

Col. David J. Wright 16 Apr, 2012

Colombian Lawmakers want to Decriminalize Coca Crops

Colombia to Decriminalize the Coca Leaf Bogota - Colombian lawmakers have introduced a bill to decriminalize coca cultivation in the world...

Col. David J. Wright 30 Mar, 2012

Mama Coca

Meet Mama Coca Earlier this month, the Bolivian President Evo Morales once more addressed a UN anti-drugs meeting to try and right a hist...

Col. David J. Wright 27 Mar, 2012