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

In Incan mythology, Mama Koka was the god of the coca plant which originally grew from her torn apart body. Today, coca ...

Peru. Andean populations created these characteristic agricultural terraces on the hillsides. The Inca system for growing and harvesting coca leaves involved many steps. The plants were grown in ...

In March, a Shining Path ambush on a local farming community left two civilians dead. Peru is one of the world-s largest producers of coca leaf and cocaine, along with Bolivia and Colombia.

The coca leaf imported from Peru will be used for the development of a botanical drug candidate for the treatment of ADHD. "By importing this significant volume of raw material, we are able to ...

Bolivia and Peru have defended the continued, traditional use of coca leaves which have been chewed by indigenous populations for centuries, after they were criticized by a UN drugs agency report ...

As the WHO reviews coca leaves' international scheduling status, momentum is growing to address this injustice to Indigenous Andean peoples.

In contrast, coca tea and raw leaves contain only ... However, keep in mind that, although the leaves are legal in Peru, U.S. Customs strictly prohibits travelers from bringing them back into ...