Coca eradication
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Coca eradication is a strategy promoted by local authorities in coca-producing countries, often with support from foreign partners such as the United States and the European Union, to eliminate the cu
Eradication of coca production in Colombia
Source: DEA Intelligence Division, December 2013
Coca
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Coca refers to any of the four cultivated plants in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. It is known worldwide for its psychoactive alkaloid, cocaine. The leaves contain cocain
Coca eradication
…coca-producing countries, often with support from foreign partners such as the United States and the European Union, to eliminate the cultivation of coca—a plant whose leaves are used in the manufacture of cocaine. This approach, which gained momentum starting in 1961 as part of the U.S.-led "war on…
Erythroxylum novogranatense var. novogranatense leaves and berries
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Leaves and fruit
Leaves and branches