The cocaine was extracted from the coca leaf and the the caffeine from the kola nut, which was spelt “cola” at the time). Put them together and you get the name Coca-Cola. In the 1890s, nine ...

Coca leaves, minus the cocaine, could become the next hot wellness trend. That's the bet that Pat McCutcheon, a former CEO of a Canadian cannabis company, is making with his new venture ...

By 1903, however, fresh coca leaves were removed from the recipe. Since then the company has used a cocaine-free coca leaf extract. In January, the company launched a new flavour, adding a ...

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 ...

The cocaine was extracted from the coca leaf and the the caffeine from the kola nut, which was spelt “cola” at the time). Put them together and you get the name Coca-Cola. In the 1890s, nine ...

Morales entered Bolivian public life as the leader of a coca growers union and is on a crusade to persuade the international community to stop stigmatizing the leaf. As president, he has sharply ...