Wild Wonders

The Life and Legacy of Coca


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Provides an overview of the coca plant, detailing its millennia-long use by Andean Indigenous peoples for nutrition, ritual, and labor. It also covers its modern notoriety as the source of cocaine and the challenges of eradicating its cultivation in countries like Colombia, while noting its historical connection to Coca-Cola, which once included coca extracts but never contained actual cocaine.











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