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Chewing Coca Leaves: From Sacred Ritual To ‘Cocaine-Light’

Image of a hand holding a coca leaf.
"Those who chewed the plant used to be miners and transporters, workers with a physically demanding job, or peasants and farmers." Agência Brasil

In Bolivia, the coca leaf was once reserved for ancestry rituals and practices. Now it is being combined with other substances, especially amongst the very young, to create a toxic experience and dangerous concoction.

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