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 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 ...

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 ...