Bolivia Pushes to Reclaim the Coca Leaf From the Stigma of Cocaine NYT | Top Stories By: Genevieve Glatsky and Sara Wayra 13 October 2025 at 23:35 Long criminalized as the raw material for cocaine, coca is woven into Bolivian life. The government is lobbying the U.N. to ease international restrictions. © Sara Wayra for The New York TimesMarilin Catari, 57, who has worked her whole life in the coca trade, walking to tend to her coca leaf crop in the community of Arapata, Bolivia.
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