A worker monitors coca leaf-flavored beer bottles on the assembly line at El Viejo Roble liqueurs in La Paz, Bolivia (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights ...

the producer has made a name for itself by using coca leaf — the main ingredient in cocaine — to create its signature beverages. Within Bolivia, the concept is hardly taboo. Coca leaf has long ...

Will the WHO confront its colonial legacy and right a historic wrong? The critical review of the coca leaf could transform ...

TRINIDAD PAMPA, Bolivia — If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab.

Coca wine was made from fermented Coca Leaves and was believed to be a medicinal remedy for many ailments. Coca toothpaste contained cocaine used to help fight cavities and other mouth-related issues.

Two of the world's biggest cocaine suppliers, Colombia and Bolivia, want the U.N. to remove the coca leaf from its list of dangerous drugs. They argue the leaf has many uses unrelated to narcotics.

Guess you really can’t beat the real thing. Coca-Cola gets its iconic taste thanks in part to a chemical processing factory in a sleepy New Jersey neighborhood that has the country’s only ...

MICAY CANYON, Colombia—One potent tributary in the surging cocaine pipeline begins in the mountains of Cauca province, where nearly every plot of arable land sprouts coca leaves. On Cesar Rosero ...

But, in the 1800s, cocaine — a powerful stimulant isolated and extracted from the coca leaf by the power of chemistry — became Europeans’ drug du jour. It found its way into medicine as well ...

“Under the terms of the treaty, using coca leaf for the extraction of cocaine would remain as illegal as it is now, also if coca itself is no longer scheduled as a narcotic drug itself ...

Ecuador has emerged as a top cocaine exporter, while cultivation of coca leaf has increased in Peru and Central America. That has helped push global cocaine production higher than it has ever been.