Despite being the infamous raw material of the drug cocaine, very little is actually known about the coca plant and its wild relatives in the Andes mountains. Oscar Alejandro Perez-Escobar, a ...

A new paper reveals that it's not as straightforward as it might seem. Despite decades of data collection by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which has been valuable to monitor ...

The cocaine trade is one of the world’s biggest illicit economies. Since it was outlawed in the mid-twentieth century, this white hydrochloride salt has become the crown commodity of global organized ...

We explore the history, culture, and controversy surrounding the coca plant—one of the most powerful and misunderstood plants in the world. From its traditional uses in South America to its role in ...