Forests have been cut down to make way for coca bushes Colombia has increased its cultivation of coca plants - the main ingredient in the illegal drug cocaine - by 43%, a new UN report says.

As president, he has sharply boosted cocaine seizures while promoting new legal applications for coca leaf. In addition to Coca Brynco, there is also an energy drink on the Bolivian market ...

Despite gaining notoriety in modern times for being the source material for the highly addictive drug cocaine, coca continues to be a large part of Andean culture today. Unprocessed leaves from ...

RCC Perspectives No. 6, 2012 Erythroxylum Coca and Its Discontents: A... Czoty, Paul W., Drake Morgan, Erin E. Shannon, H. Donald Gage, and Michael A. Nader. 2004. "Characterization of Dopamine D1 and ...

Last week Delta Air Lines, Coca-Cola and Major League Baseball voiced opposition to Georgia's new restrictive voting laws. American Academy of Pediatrics decides relationship with Coke is not so ...

It was not until 1893 that Coca Cola was sold and promoted as a drink. Gradually the cocaine was eliminated, but in order to maintain the stimulant effect caffeine was substituted. Phosphoric acid ...