Although cocaine use became widespread in the 19th century once it was synthesized into cocaine hydrochloride salts, ...

Today coca leaves are harvested as an essential ingredient of the illegal, but highly lucrative, production of cocaine. Despite the plant’s role in so much violence and political instability ...

A drug that stimulates the central nervous system, cocaine is made from the leaves of the coca plant in South America. While ...

A voice note recorded by a worker talking about “cocaine use, smoking joints” and having “h*es” on a subcontractor’s site at ...

1993. "Cocaine as a Naturally Occurring Insecticide." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 90: 9645–48. Mortimer, William G. 1901. History of Coca: "The Divine Plant" of the Incas. New York ...

With 1.1 million people having taken the drug at least once in 2023, France now ranks 7th in Europe in terms of cocaine use, ...