As #COP30 gets underway in Brasil - we urge activists, advocates and governments to take seriously the link between drug policy and environmental collapse. 

#climate #indigenouslands #cocaleaf #SOSAmazônia #investinjustice

#Cocaleaf

A Historic Opportunity: Why the global liberation of the coca leaf matters on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, IDPC's Ann Fordham highlights how the international drug control regime harms Indigenous communities, and how the WHO’s coca leaf review off...

The global liberation of the sacred #cocaleaf is critical to uphold the rights of Indigenous Peoples of the Andean Amazonian region. #Coca has been prohibited for more than half a century based on racist & colonial prejudice. The #WHO has started a long overdue review.

idpc.net/blog/2025/08...

Coca: Plant or Poison? Criminalizing the Natural World

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This week, I'm taking a closer look at one of the most stigmatized plants of the last century (and no, it's not cannabis).

🍃 It's the coca leaf! Dive into today's article to learn more. ⬇️

#drugpolicy #coca #cocaleaf #drughistory #plantmedicine

David Choquehuanca, vice president of Bolivia, with Dr Oscar Alejandro Perez Escobar. Photo taken by Fabiola Piñacue

Vice president David Choquehuanca delivering his speech

V excited to participate in the #Cocaleaf summit organised by the McKennaAcad! It was a privilege to share our science with researchers, policymakers & indigenous leaders shaping coca future, incl David Choquehuanca, VP of Bolivia! Stay tuned for exciting research on coca!
#Coca is not #cocaine

In the Andes, they called 'blow' the 'Andean Revenge' referring to the negative effects of what would occur to the dominating groups who took and processed their sacred ceremonial and practical coca leaf/ spirit into blow.

#coca
#cocaleaf
#andes
#ancestors