The Guardian
‘Coca leaf is life itself’: Andean growers’ hopes fade as WHO upholds global ban
Under US pressure as part of the ‘war on drugs’, the WHO still categorises the sacred Indigenous remedy as akin to heroin or fentanyl, despite its many therapeutic properties For thousands of years, Andean people living around what is now the town of Coripata, east of La Paz, Bolivia, have used ...
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