Can’t believe that midget is still in charge...of one Capitol
Unless they start adding it to Coca Cola again, I believe cocas “industrial use” is pretty much for making cocaine.
Let’s carpet bomb them.
Bolivians must think the US economy is going to pick up. Or, at least that a lot of US cash will be coming back from offshore. Otherwise all they’ll manage to do is to drive the price down unless this is aimed at a market somewhere other than in the US.
It’s used by the majority of the indigenous population on a daily basis. You can also find it free of charge at every single hotel in Bolivia in the form of tea. The tea is not nearly as effective as chewing coca leaf and bicarbonate.When I was in Bolivia I first tried the tea and then the leaves which work well at alleviating altitude sickness and giving enough energy to do physical activity. (also took prescribed altitude sickness medicine so I could sleep okay from day 1)
Bolivia’s a beautiful country and is relatively inexpensive. There’s a lot of outdoors adventures and not nearly as full of tourists as Peru. Unfortunately, Bolivia still has the visa on arrival reciprocity fee (same fee USA charges their citizens, $140 for 10 year visa) but after that it’s an inexpensive holiday. I’d recommend it but do not stay in La Paz except on the night before for the morning flight out. La Paz is a topographical bowl which leads to lingering pollution. I only did the high altitude areas but want to return at some point to do the lowlands which are supposed to be great as well (and where the opposition to the President is, lowlands is the richer area).
Why not introduce a a bug that will eat the plant and then die off?
More coca puffs ?
This is how the deep state makes its money. A rogue state produces the coke and deep state banks line up to handle the transactions.
Then get CIA and DEA involved, add in arms sales and sex trafficking and you’ve got enough money to bribe congress, the courts, department heads, state government many times over. Mena, AR and DEA protecting drug cartels in decades long stings is old news.