Accounting for $1.5 billion in 2020, the cocaine drug market is the second largest illegal drug market in the world. It comes from Erythroxylum coca, a plant native to South America that local ...

Of the approximately 200 members in the genus Erythroxylum, most species contain ... shows evidence of active components of the coca plant. The crypt was used as a burial place for the Ospedale ...

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These measures aim to balance economic benefits for farmers with efforts to prevent misuse. Native to the Andes, the coca plant (Erythroxylum coca) has been traditionally used to combat fatigue, ...

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