Topic: coca (41 articles)

Description: Erythroxylum coca is a high altitudes S. American shrub that's leaves are the source of cocaine. The leaves are "chewed" (held in the cheek) in combination with mineral lime to provide physical and mental stimulation and reduction in altitude sickness. It has a long history of human use. (Erythroxylaceae, Erythroxylum, coca; novagranatense)

Successful Hostage Rescue Could Lead to a Third Term for Uribe
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(US) Three United States military contractors whose small plane was shot down in 2003 while hunting for illegal drug crops. (Fri Jul 04 08:35:02 2008 PDT)

Bold Colombia rescue built on rebels' disarray
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(US) Was almost exclusively a Colombian operation that highlighted the growth of a military that has benefited from $5.4 billion in aid from the United States since 2000. (Thu Jul 03 19:50:03 2008 PDT)

Hostage Rescue Major Blow to the FARC: US Support for Colombia ...
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(US) Both of whom are serving sentences in U.S. prisons for drug trafficking. (Thu Jul 03 12:33:46 2008 PDT)

Daring rescue frees hostages from jungles of Colombia
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(US) They'd been held since their Cessna crashed during an anti-drug mission in remote Colombian guerrilla territory on Feb. 13, 2003. The hostages were held by the FARC, a Marxist group that funds itself by protecting cocaine production and has waged a 44-year w... (Thu Jul 03 04:20:12 2008 PDT)

FARC guerillas: Key facts
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(South Africa) US and Colombian authorities say the FARC has used the multibillion-dollar Colombian cocaine trade to fund its operations. Colombia's four-decade-old conflict is now often a fight over drug-producing land involving ... (Wed Jul 02 23:47:28 2008 PDT)

Heroin bust results in federal case
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(US) The DEA took over the case after Burciaga was arrested. (Wed Jul 02 17:20:47 2008 PDT)

Colombian army rescues hostages from rebels
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Were working in Colombia for the US Defense Department and were on an anti-drug trafficking mission when their plane crashed in the jungle in the Caqueta region. (Wed Jul 02 17:03:35 2008 PDT)

more coca items (41 articles)

Links

• http://www.erowid.org/plants/coca/

Concept definition

• coca