Colombia's president says cocaine is "no worse" than whiskey as global efforts to "decolonize" the plant spread ...

Bolivia and Peru have defended the continued ... as a remedy for ailments from altitude sickness to stomach aches. Coca tea is served in offices in the Bolivian capital instead of coffee.

Bolivia passed a controversial measure ... in coca crops would fuel the illegal drug trade. The coca leaf is commonly chewed or drunk like tea, but drug gangs make it into cocaine in a chemical ...

Bolivia is pushing for the global decriminalisation of coca leaf – the main ingredient of cocaine – to export the plant and ease its economic crisis. But a "landmark" recent decision by the ...