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| *'''[[Debate: Legality of coca production and consumption]]''' - July 20th, 2011. | *'''[[Debate: Legality of coca production and consumption]]''' - July 20th, 2011. | ||
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| - | *'''PRO: [[Argument: Coca chewing is milder than caffeine, nicotine, etc| Coca chewing is milder than caffeine, nicotine, etc]]''' [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/opinion/14morales.html Evo Morales "Let Me Chew My Coca Leaves." New York Times Editorial. March 13th, 2009]: "Unlike nicotine or caffeine, it causes no harm to human health nor addiction or altered state, and it is effective in the struggle against obesity, a major problem in many modern societies."[[Image:Coca plant.jpg|right|200px]] | + | *'''PRO: [[Argument: Coca chewing is milder than caffeine, nicotine, etc| Coca chewing is milder than caffeine, nicotine, etc]]'''[[Image:Coca chewing2.jpg|right|200px]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/opinion/14morales.html Evo Morales "Let Me Chew My Coca Leaves." New York Times Editorial. March 13th, 2009]: "Unlike nicotine or caffeine, it causes no harm to human health nor addiction or altered state, and it is effective in the struggle against obesity, a major problem in many modern societies." |
| - | *'''CON: Coca is narcotic since cocaine can readily be extracted.''' WHO. In 1992 the World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) undertook a ‘prereview’ of coca leaf at its 28th meeting. The 28th ECDD report concluded that, “the coca leaf is appropriately scheduled [as a narcotic] under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, since cocaine is readily extractable from the leaf. The Committee did not recommend coca leaf for critical review.”[http://www.druglawreform.info/images/stories/documents/dlr11.pdf] | + | *'''CON: Coca is narcotic since cocaine can readily be extracted.''' [[Image:Coca plant.jpg|right|200px]]. In 1992 the World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) undertook a ‘prereview’ of coca leaf at its 28th meeting. The 28th ECDD report concluded that, “the coca leaf is appropriately scheduled [as a narcotic] under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, since cocaine is readily extractable from the leaf. The Committee did not recommend coca leaf for critical review.”[http://www.druglawreform.info/images/stories/documents/dlr11.pdf] |
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