Colombia, Bolivia to ask UN to remove coca leaf from narcotics list
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U.S.-Bolivia Ties Strained As Coca Production Rises
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Equilibrium/Sustainability — Cocaine trade wrecking forests with stolen oil
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Coca - Wikipedia
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A Turning Point for Drug Policy
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Cocaine production is at its highest level on record, UN says
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Amid worsening food shortages, we need to turn over a new leaf on the coca plant
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Geographically Sourcing Cocaine's Origin – Delineation of the Nineteen Major Coca Growing Regions in South America
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Amid worsening food shortages, we need to turn over a new leaf on the coca plant
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Geographically Sourcing Cocaine's Origin – Delineation of the Nineteen Major Coca Growing Regions in South America
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Bolivian President Evo Morales Urges International Legalization Of Coca Leaf
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Colombia out, Peru in, as coca king. What's that mean?
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Colombia's cocaine market has collapsed, say farmers
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Coca Leaf: Plant Medicine or Dangerous Drug? - Tripsitter
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Plunging coca prices create 'humanitarian emergency' in Colombia, Drugs News
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Bolivia sees coca as a way to perk up its economy – but all everyone else sees is cocaine, Bolivia