TNI Debate Paper Number 13 - Coca yes, cocaine no? Legal Options for the coca leaf
1 January 2006
A simple leaf of an ancient plant will feature prominently on the international agenda this year. A decade-old demand to remove the coca leaf from strict international drugs controls has come to the fore again. Time has come to repair an historical error responsible for including the leaf amongst the most hazardous classified substances, having caused severe consequences for the Andean region. This issue of Drugs and Conflict explains the motives, context and range of this petition, as well as the procedures that need to be followed to reach this objective.