From the Archives: In South America, countries struggle to protect traditional uses of coca while decreasing its currency in the addiction- and crime-addled cocaine trade.
in parts of Asia. “It’s good for the altitude,” my hiking guide told me in Spanish as we trekked up the 5,822-meter El Misti volcano.In my case, home is the Philippines. But Porras could have been referring to almost any country in the world, because outside of a few South American nations, possession of coca leaf, even for brewing tea, is illegal. While coca tea has the status of chamomile in Colombia, in most parts of the world it has the same legal standing as cocaine or methamphetamine.
A woman sells coca leaves at a market in Peru, where the controversial plant is a profitable crop for poor farmers.As an anthropologist who studies substance use patterns and policies around the world, I have examined various approaches to this issue. Some saybecause the violence and crime associated with the cocaine trade have much to do with its illegality.
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