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Within Bolivia, the world’s third-biggest producer of the coca leaf, and of cocaine, the ancient leaf has inspired spiritual rituals among Indigenous communities for generations — and more ...
Inside the market traders unfasten coloured sacks filled with coca, grasping handfuls of leaves for examination. Coca is selling at just over $4 (£2) per kg (2.2lb). Eucevio Alejo is a coca farmer and ...
A coca vendor works at a legal coca leaf market in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Bolivia’s government has revived a years-long battle to get the U.N. to decriminalize the coca leaf ...
According to The Atlantic, in the year 2003, Maywood Chemical Works — now owned by Stepan Company — imported more than 385,000 pounds of coca leaf for Coca-Cola, enough to make $200 million of ...
Harbour Becomes Authorized Agent of Coca Globally, Permitting the Distribution of Ethically Sourced, High-Quality Coca Leaf For Emerging Opportunities Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November ...
Since 2021, PLC has concentrated on coca leaf innovation, establishing and licensing the infrastructure to supply high-quality inputs to the food and beverage markets.
In Bolivia, the government-authorized El Viejo Roble distillery, which for years has been making liquor from coca leaves is now gearing up to launch a new coca-infused beer, hoping the WHO's ...
Buzz is building around a new star beverage in Bolivia, where the coca leaf has long been legal despite the U.N.’s blanket prohibition due to the plant’s association with cocaine.
A United Nations convention classifies coca leaf as a narcotic and imposes a blanket prohibition on drugs. However, last fall the World Health Organization announced it would launch a scientific ...