Publication: Scientific distinctions between coca and cocaine support policy reform
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2025-10-15
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D. M. White, R. Soberón Garrido, C. S. Conzelman, W. Davis, C. Guislain, A. Henman, O. A. Jara-Muñoz, M. Jelsma, S. Mejía, D. Montoya-Cataño, O. Alejandro Pérez-Escobar, D. Alfonso Restrepo, Y. A. Saavedra-Rojas, I. Tariru. 2025. Scientific Distinctions between Coca and Cocaine Support Policy Reform. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.aeb2948
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Coca is not cocaine—it is an ancient, safe, and culturally vital crop now under renewed scrutiny by the World Health Organization, whose review could prompt revision of United Nations drug policy rooted in colonialist bias and begin to repair decades of social injustice, while affirming scientific evidence and cultural sovereignty.
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