coca

"The next question is where will the coca go from here?"

"We started to plant coca because that's what people would buy from us."

I would also like to say that coca is not cocaine.

I have looked closely at the history of coca in Europe.

The farmers, however, now want to get out of coca.

What the coca growers are waiting for, they say, is a change of government in 2002.

Still, the official determination to do away with coca is a change.

"We know that coca is not a good product, but people have no other work opportunities."

Do not take coca if you have been drinking alcohol.

"Growing coca is too dangerous and not worth all the trouble."

The coca is a dish common to rich and poor.

When the boy is ready to be married, his mother will initiate him in the use of the coca.

About 25 coca growers have been arrested in recent weeks.

Also, coca requires very little care and is harvested three times a year.

Since 1989 the amount of coca under cultivation has increased.

More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of coca for these uses.

Cocaine is made from the leaves of the coca plant.

The report estimates that the production of coca increased by 7.2 percent in 1988.

It especially favors the fruit of little coca during the summer.

About half began growing coca for processing into cocaine, Government officials said.

Virtually every coca community offers the Government its own set of challenges.

I was a farmer myself, growing coca for traditional purposes.

In many cases, experts said, the migrants are going to where they can again grow coca.

One proposal had called for a 50 percent reduction in coca production by 2000.

Cocaine, which comes from the coca plant, is a natural substance.