Meanings of coca leaf in English

Chewing and other traditional uses of coca leaf, a mild stimulant, are legal.

Describes his argument that the "pharmacokinetics" of coca leaf chewing are different from cocaine.

Uribe acknowledged Colombia's coca leaf cultivation remained high despite years of fumigation and eradication efforts backed by the United States.

Peru's cocaine producers are becoming increasingly efficient and the country's coca leaf coverage is practically on a par with Colombia's.

Even those opposed to the drug trade say with a certain pride that Choco produces the most potent coca leaf in Colombia.

SUPERLABS Mexico's cartels are increasingly active across South America, sidestepping Colombians to buy directly from impoverished coca leaf farmers in Peru and Bolivia.

Every six months, he would harvest 17,000kg of coca leaf, which he would then process into coca paste.

But Huila remains a key drug transport corridor from nearby rural Cauca and Narino provinces, where illicit coca leaf is grown for cocaine production.

The 60-year-old former llama herder and coca leaf farmer was viewed by many as a champion of the poor who brought steady economic growth.

Morales, a charismatic 60-year-old former coca leaf farmer, was beloved by the poor when he won power in 2006.

It is wonderful how long these Indians will go without food by chewing coca leaf, which is far more sustaining and refreshing than tobacco.

Colombia remains the world's top supplier of cocaine despite billions of dollars spent on fumigating and eradicating coca leaf crops used to make the drug.

The rebels, who have nominal public support according to opinion polls, only admit to "taxing" growers of the coca leaf used to make cocaine.

Global cocaine production from coca leaf was virtually unchanged in 2007 at 994 metric tonnes compared with 984 tonnes in 2006.

The "coca " in the name referred to the extracts of coca leaf that the drink's originator, Atlanta chemist John Pemberton, mixed with his sugary syrup.

Despite the eradication program, the latest U.S. figures for 2006 detected around 8 percent more coca leaf used to make the drug than in 2005.