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Although coca leaf chewing is common only among the indigenous populations, [50] the consumption of coca tea (Mate de coca) is common among all sectors of society in the Andean countries, especially due to their high elevations from sea level, [50] and is widely held to be beneficial to health, mood, and energy. [50]
For them, chewing coca leaves is a daily habit likened to drinking coffee. “It helps me to harvest without fatigue and support my family,” said farmer Juan de Dios Cocarico, stuffing a wad of ...
The leader of a coca grower group, Evo Morales, was elected President in 2005. Morales ended any U.S. backed War on Drugs. President Morales opposed the decriminalization of drugs but saw the coca crop as an important piece of indigenous history and a pillar of the community because of the traditional use of chewing coca leaves. [22]
[citation needed] In addition, coca use in shamanic rituals is well documented wherever local native populations have cultivated the plant. For example, the Tairona people of Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta use to chew the plant before engaging in extended meditation and prayer. [55] Cocoa: Theobroma cacao: Bean: Theobromine, small ...
The result was a tonic made of coca-leaf extract, sugar syrup, flavoring oils, and kola nut extract, which was added for caffeine and helped inspire the new name "Coca-Cola." ... With the alcohol ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian land dedicated to the cultivation of coca leaves, a raw ingredient for cocaine, jumped 10% last year to reach the largest area in over two decades, a report by the ...
The remains of coca leaves have been found with ancient Peruvian mummies, and pottery from the time period depicts humans with bulged cheeks, indicating the presence of something on which they are chewing. [166] There is also evidence that these cultures used a mixture of coca leaves and saliva as an anesthetic for the performance of trepanation.
A 1962 issue of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs' Bulletin on Narcotics proudly announced that "after a definite transitional period, all non-medical use of narcotic drugs, such as opium smoking, opium eating, consumption of cannabis (hashish, marijuana) and chewing of coca leaves, will be outlawed everywhere. This is a goal which workers in ...