You might be wondering how I decided on chewing Coca Leaf for a week. Well, I'm busy. I have a full life replete with running a psychedelic news publication, a lifestyle brand, and a passionate ...

Bolivia is one of very few countries with a legal market for coca. In the rest of the world it is controlled with the same ...

Whether the leaves are taken in the presence of a friend or a stranger, alone or together with all the community, to chew coca, to hallpay, is to transcend self and become part of the social ...

They only get to meet like this once every three months, when their crop of coca leaves is harvested. Chewing coca leaves is a way of life for many Bolivians Twenty thousand farming families from ...

There’s coca-infused tea, candy and beer, while leaves for chewing can be bought in markets or stalls anywhere in the country. But while global prohibition remains in place, Bolivia is unable to ...

Bolivians celebrated the centuries-old tradition of chewing coca leaves as part of Akuliku celebrations to mark the country's relationship with the traditional crop Bolivians use the leaf to help ...

For them, chewing coca leaves is a daily habit likened to drinking coffee. “It helps me to harvest without fatigue and support my family,” said farmer Juan de Dios Cocarico, stuffing a wad of ...

For them, chewing coca leaves is a daily habit likened to drinking coffee. “It helps me to harvest without fatigue and support my family,” said farmer Juan de Dios Cocarico, stuffing a wad of ...

In 2016, chewing of the coca leaf was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. In March 2017, the General Coca Leaf Law came into force, to regulate the ...