Bolivians depend on coca plant despite anti-drug efforts

or more than 30 years, a drug war was waged in Bolivia with the help of the U.S. drug enforcement administration. Bolivias Yungas region is one of the worlds leading sources of the coca plant — the key ingredient in the production of cocaine.

But Bolivias leftist leader, Eva Morales — himself a former coca farmer — recently expelled U.S. drug enforcement agents from the country. As Worldfocus Ivette Feliciano, Bryan Myers and Ara Ayer discovered, many impoverished Bolivians depend on the coca plant for their livelihood.

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[1MPALASS]

i bolivia

[LoboDeBayamon]

@devilred1971 FUCK YEAH :)

[devilred1971]

stop fucking with gods natural drugs what you put in your body is your business as long as it doesn't hurt others as an adult it should be your right!!!

[JungleUnderground]

@AlbertLloydy

LOL, yeah I obviously totally forgot about coca-cola. LOL. Funny they replaced coca leave for caffeine but keep the crazy amount of sugar, that also rots & stains your teeth. LOL. LOL.LOL.LOL.LOL.

[AlbertLloydy]

@JungleUnderground I think the early version of coca cola was made out of this plant's extract as a tonic or something.. Coca was well spread in the early days. I always wondered how it tasted like..

[JungleUnderground]

Could you imagine if they made a drink outta this stuff. Fuck caffeine & coffee. 

[JungleUnderground]

Coca Plant..natural! Opium..natural! Screw cocaine, crack & heroin.

[giantpistol1]

Although i agree no one should force them to stop the coca plant business, i find it hard to believe there's no other alternative of work. It just makes them sound more suspicious.

[k10sh1r0]

Coca leaves doesnt give you a high even if you try to eat the whole plant. It needs

to undergo a process that changes the whole structure of it. Imagine cow = coca plant, bigmac = cocaine. I suppport bolivia for this, americans should find a solution how to tell

their people to lay off the crack. Dont blame the plant.For many bolivian, this is all they have.

[MrLinolinares]

the government is taking all our rights..like they care about our health ya right.