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Article: Bolivia and coca: law, policy, and drug control.
- Article from:
- Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
- Article date:
- October 1, 1997
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I. INTRODUCTION
Centuries mark the history of the relationship between the Bolivian people and coca, the principal ingredient of cocaine. Ancient Indian traditions used the coca leaf in many facets of cultural life, yet it never gained the notoriety of the modern scourge of cocaine. United States-led international concern over illicit narcotics trafficking has transformed Bolivian foreign relations, economics, and internal politics, and it continues to shape Bolivia's future and reflections about its past.
Bolivia is one of the Andean nations targeted by the U.S. "War on Drugs,"(1) escalated by Presidents Reagan and Bush.(2) As cocaine became a ...